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At times, it’s we need to move on, to look forward and never turn back. However, when it comes to the behavior of the Bush administration, I find it difficult to turn the page. It’s not that I’m stuck on getting even or revenge, for me it’s about restoring our Constitution and preserving who we [...]

Posted by nytexan February 13th, 2009 | Tags: Bush Crimes, investigation, John Conyers, Lincoln, Obama, Patrick Leahy, Walter Jones | Category: Bush, Conyers, Leahy, Obama, Politics, crimes | Comments (3)

For Immediate Release January 26, 2009
(Washington, D.C.) — Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. issued a subpoena to Karl Rove requiring him to testify regarding his role in the Bush administration’s politicization of the Department of Justice, including the U.S. attorney firings and the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The subpoena [...]

Posted by nytexan January 26th, 2009 | Tags: Bush administration, John Conyers, Karl Rove, subpoena | Category: Conyers, Rove | Comments (2)

I’m sure Rove will shoot Conyers the bird and ignore the committee just as other Bush criminals have. The GOP will circle their wagons to stop any attempt to get to the bottom of all the corruption in the Bush administration.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and other panel members are calling on [...]

Posted by nytexan April 18th, 2008 | Category: Conyers, Corruption, Karl Rove, Politics, Siegelman | Comments (2)

Once again Nancy Pelosi has shown us that our over paid members of Congress can only handle one task at a time. Or is it that Nancy Pelosi missed the meaning of Speaker of the House and her duty to the American public. Pelosi has decided that while Congress and Bush put together a stimulus [...]

Posted by nytexan January 23rd, 2008 | Category: Congress, Constitution, Contempt, Conyers, Democrat, Harriet Miers, House of Representatives, Joshua Bolten, Politics | Comments (7)

Conyers Offers White House Last Chance to Comply with Committee Subpoenas, Files Contempt Report
(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) offered White House Counsel Fred Fielding yet another opportunity to negotiate terms and agree on compliance with the committee’s subpoenas issued to Joshua Bolten, for documents, and Harriet Miers, for documents [...]

Posted by nytexan November 5th, 2007 | Category: Congress, Contempt, Conyers, Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten, Politics | Comments (4)

t r u t h o u t | Report: By Jason Leopold

The Republican National Committee said it will not abide by a subpoena and turn over documents to a Congressional committee investigating the firings of at least eight US attorneys last year because the RNC is waiting to see if the White House will [...]

Posted by nytexan August 14th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Congress, Conyers, Department of Justice, Judiciary Committee, Oversight, Politics, RNC, executive privilege | Comments (4)

UPDATE FROM CNN
The panel’s decision now goes to the House floor for a vote.
The full House is unlikely to take up the issue before the August recess, a Democratic leadership aide told CNN.
The Committee has approved the report recommending to the House that Miers and Bolten be cited for Contempt of Congress.
Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda [...]

Posted by nytexan July 25th, 2007 | Category: Adam Schiff, Bush, Congress, Contempt, Conyers, Harriet Miers, Headlines, Judiciary Committee, Politics, Sanchez, executive privilege, josh bolten | Comments (20)

I think there’s a good chance Miers is going to jail.
House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush’s chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials may have broken the law during the multiple firings of [...]

Posted by nytexan July 25th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Congress, Contempt, Conyers, Gonzales, Harriet Miers, Inherent Contempt, Judiciary Committee, News, Politics, Rove, executive privilege | Comments (1)

SF Chronicle

Congress this week will take the next step to force the Bush administration to hand over information about the dismissal of U.S. attorneys and the politicization of the Justice Department, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Saturday.

The House Judiciary Committee will bring contempt of Congress charges against the administration this week, [...]

Posted by nytexan July 23rd, 2007 | Category: Bush, Cheney, Congress, Constitution, Contempt, Conyers, Department of Justice, Harriet Miers, Headlines, Impeach, Inherent Contempt, Judiciary Committee, News, Pelosi, President, Republican, executive privilege | Comments (6)