House panel approves subpoena for Rice

[rodeodance]

Source: AP



House panel approves subpoena for Rice

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago

WASHINGTON - In rapid succession, congressional committees Wednesday ramped up their investigations of the Bush administration by approving a subpoena for Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice and granting immunity to a key aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
.............

Moments earlier in the committee chamber next door, the
House Judiciary Committee voted 32-6 to grant immunity to Monica Goodling, Gonzales' White House liaison, for her testimony on why the administration fired eight federal prosecutors. The panel also unanimously approved — but did not issue — a subpoena to compel her to appear.

Simultaneously across Capitol Hill, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved — but did not issue — a subpoena on the prosecutors' matter to Sara Taylor, deputy to presidential adviser Karl Rove.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070425/ap_on_go_co/congress_subpoenas;_ylt=AqoLlRp52nHugByeyJl9Ic.s0NUE

[hippiechick]

1. Sigh. I hope something good comes of it ...

Ms. Rice is the master of the equivocation and re-direct. :(

[tridim]

5. And the master of the bobbleheaded "tell"

She's going to be a mess at the hearing.

[rodeodance]

11. as a Repug said--If she didn't remember way back when do you expect her

to come to this committee and suddenly remember? paraphase

[Kikosexy2]

17. Serve her ...

subpoena in a shoebox...

[lonestarnot]

2. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

[catgirl]

6. I'll get the popcorn out for this one!

Go Waxman!!

[lonestarnot]

41. Make sure it's not microwave!

[maddezmom]

3. K&R

if she can fit Larry King and others into her busy schedule she has time to appear before Congress.

[derby378]

4. Hell, don't just APPROVE it - ISSUE it

Show some teeth, Congress! We're with you on this one!

:bounce:

[rodeodance]

9. I think Waxman is giving Condi lots of room on this. After Memorial Day is the

word I heard.

[jamesinca]

18. they have said they would not go straight to subpoena

And they are not. They are being decent and allowing this admin to tell congress to go Cheney itself first. Then the subpoenas are issued and I think that is how it should be done. Show up and testify or say no and be subpoenaed their choice.

[derby378]

21. Only thing is, we don't have that much time

There's only 635 days until Bush gets away with his crimes. If we're gonna bring impeachment charges against him, we have to move on any opportunities we get.

[jamesinca]

37. I agree to an extent

There is a sense of urgency, but to just put subpoenas out there because they can I don't like or agree with. The Republic party did that with Clinton, I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. Only good that came out of those calls to testify is this, Bush lied when he said it was unprecedented to call such high level officials to speak before congress. As Newt later said, it was just good ol partisan fun and games. We are sure we have everything to justify removal from office are we not. The republic party was sure they had that on Clinton and guess what, they didn't. Urgency yes, caution yes. Congress needs to do many late nights making sure they have their ducks in a row. That will give us the urgency and caution that are needed. I don't want these bastards getting away on a technicality and I don't want our party coming away looking like idiots that are full of hate and revenge.

[Parche]

7. FRIED RICE

[SlowDownFast]

8. Slither, slither and hiss, hiss...

apologies to real snakes everywhere...

[blogslut]

10. K&R

:)

[Sapere aude]

12. Can she be called before the committee after this administration is out of office?

What they want to do is take this through the courts for the next 2 years.

[rodeodance]

13. On the uranium issue, Rice's allies maintained that she has for years ........

......On the uranium issue, Rice's allies maintained that she has for years answered Congress' questions under oath, as well as media inquiries, about her knowledge of the veracity of Bush's claim about uranium.

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., said Rice was "giving us no choice but to proceed with a subpoena."

Even as he pressed ahead on Rice, Waxman postponed a vote on issuing a subpoena to former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card on the same issue, saying White House Counsel Fred Fielding had made a compromise proposal worth pursuing. Under it, the committee would first talk to the White House office of administration about Card's knowledge of the uranium claim.

On the prosecutor firings, the House Judiciary Committee approved two measures that would compel Goodling's testimony and grant her immunity from prosecution. The immunity grant only would take effect if Conyers signs and issues the subpoena to Goodling, he said.

[Massachusetts]

14. Bu$hco's kingdom walls weaken a little more.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

15. I predict we will have yet another "I do not recall" moment

Hopefully people will be paying attention to how conveniently these people manage to forget everything.

[progressoid]

16. I dunno...I think they have to practice it as soon as they get their job in the WHouse.

They probably view tapes of Ollie North and Ronnie Reagan for the proper technique.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. Not doubt it's a prerequisite to hiring

They must learn to recite their mantra, "I do not recall, I don not recall, I do not recall," and must practice it it 50 times per day to stay in practice.

[NewJeffCT]

25. or maybe "Nobody could have anticipated..."

that terrorists would fly airplanes into buildings.

that the levees would breach.

that the uranium from Niger story was based on an amateurish forgery

[Lone_Star_Dem]

28. I'm not convinced she will go that route again

Considering that there has been evidence brought to light that they should well have anticipated such things. But then you never know with this bunch, they do tend to get stuck in a rut and find it difficult to pull themselves back out of them often.

[Raksha]

36. A new outbreak of Republican Amnesia hits Washington... n/t

[emilyg]

42. you'll be right

[blogslut]

19. This thread needs more

Cowbell!

[paparush]

20. Get ready for another day of "I don't recall..."

[neuvocat]

22. More like "data points"

something akin to the same thing that got so many troops killed (and counting) in Iraq.

[columbusdem]

23. Finally!

The US Attorneys scandal is a big deal, but I'm actually more interested in this. This is our NATIONAL SECURITY we're talking about, after all.

[StarryNite]

24. Swear that bitch in!

[itcfish]

26. Where's The Connection?

between Condi and Gonzalez? I don't see it.

[Rydz777]

27. She's more articulate than

Gonzo. She'll be able to think of multiple ways of saying, "I don't remember." "I don't recall." "My memory fails me on that." "That just doesn't come to mind." "Sorry, my mind's a blank."

[zerox]

29. CNN

CNN still has absolutely no mention of this on their site.

[whistle]

31. Great, Waxman handled the repukes very well this morning

....but I had to leave before the actual votes came down

[graywarrior]

32. "I don't remember"

"I don't recall."
"I don't remember"
"I don't recall."
"I don't remember"
"I don't recall."
"I don't remember"
"I don't recall."
"I don't remember"

[RedEarth]

33. House Panel Seeks to Force Rice to Testify on Iraq Claims

Source: NYT

WASHINGTON, April 25 — A House committee voted this afternoon to authorize a subpoena of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as it presses an inquiry into the claims, long since discredited, that Iraq sought uranium from Niger.

The vote by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was 21 to 10. All the “yes” votes were cast by Democrats, and all the “no” votes by Republicans.

The vote to subpoena Ms. Rice, coupled with a vote by the House Judiciary Committee vote a short time earlier to grant immunity to a former Justice Department official involved in the dismissals of eight United States attorneys, reflect the new power of Democrats as they fulfill their desire to subject the Bush administration to closer scrutiny than it had in the years that Republicans were in control.

But the oversight committee chairman, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, said before the vote that he took no pleasure in authorizing a subpoena against the Secretary of State.

“For four years, I have been trying to get information from Condoleezza Rice on a variety of issues, including the reference to uranium and Niger in the president’s 2003 State of the Union speech,” Mr. Waxman said, alluding to the assertion that preceded the American-led military campaign that toppled Saddam Hussein.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/washington/25cnd-subpoena.html?ex=1335153600&en=ad884cc470453491&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/washington/25cnd-subpoena.html?ex=1335153600&en=ad884cc470453491&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss

[Sapere aude]

34. For four years, I have been trying to get information from Condoleezza Rice

So now the people gave Waxman subpoena power because they want to know the truth.

[KansDem]

35. " took no pleasure in authorizing a subpoena against the Secretary of State."

I do! :evilgrin:

[Joanne98]

38. Condascenda, "I think it said Bin Laden determined to strike in the US"

While she's under oath, let's ask her about that smart remark!

:popcorn:

[deucemagnet]

39. Actually, I think granting Goodling immunity

and approving a subpoena for her is bigger news than approving a subpoena for Rice. I think Goodling's testimony could be very damaging to the White House, while Rice's will probably be SSDD.

[baldguy]

40. Schadenfreude

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schadenfreude