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Chairs Conyers and Sánchez: Rove Must Appear
June 16, 2008
From the Judiciary Committee:

Conyers and Sánchez: Rove Must Appear

(Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA, Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee) sent a letter to Robert Luskin, attorney for former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, confirming their expectation that he appear and testify before the subcommittee on July 10. Committee staff had been negotiating with Luskin, but the discussions reached an impasse, with Luskin only offering to provide off-the-record interviews with Rove about the prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman. The subpoena was issued for testimony regarding the broader issue of politicization in the Justice Department, including the Siegelman matter.

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Oversight Committee Subpoenas Justice Department for Plame Documents
June 16, 2008
From the Oversight Committee:

Oversight Committee Subpoenas Justice Department for Plame Documents

Today, the Oversight Committee issued a subpoena to Attorney General Mukasey compelling the production of FBI interview reports of Vice President Cheney and President Bush and other documents regarding the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

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Read the Gavel archives on the Plame case >>

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My Deepest Condolences
June 13, 2008
Today, broadcast journalism lost one of its giants, who will be remembered along with names like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and David Brinkley. The City of Buffalo has also lost its favorite son, who loved his city and its hometown team, the Bills. The smile that came across Tim's face whenever he spoke of the place of his birth and his favorite football team was one of true joy and I will never forget it.

Tim Russert embodied the very best in broadcast journalism and has been a fixture in millions of living rooms every Sunday morning on 'Meet the Press,' an institution that he shaped into one of the most influential news and opinion programs of our time. A stellar journalist, Tim also touched our hearts with his loving portrait of his father in the best-selling book, 'Big Russ and Me.'

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Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote
June 13, 2008
From the Oversight Committee:

Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote

In letters to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and White House official Susan Dudley, Chairman Waxman announces that the Committee will consider holding them in contempt for their repeated refusal to provide subpoenaed documents to the Committee. The subpoenaed documents involve the White House role in EPA's ozone standards and rejection of California's motor vehicle emission standards.

· Letter to Stephen Johnson (pdf) >>

· Letter to Susan Dudley (pdf) >>

The Committee is scheduled to meet on the matter on June 20th.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: For Pelosi, practicality trumps partisan politics
June 13, 2008
"HOUSE SPEAKER Nancy Pelosi woke up Thursday to 'Impeach Bush!' pickets outside her Washington, D.C., home, but chose to spend the day assembling a veto-proof House majority to extend unemployment benefits."
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Vice President Cheney Admits Claim China is Drilling Off the Coast of Florida is False
June 13, 2008
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When Will House Republicans Admit They Are Wrong Too?

Last night, Vice President Dick Cheney's office admitted that his assertion before the U.S. Chamber of Commerce that China is drilling "60 miles of the coast of Florida" was wrong and that, in fact, there is no Chinese deepwater drilling in that area.

Will the House Republican Leadership follow the Vice President's lead and admit they were wrong too?

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Pelosi Statement on Death of Tim Russert
June 13, 2008
"Today, broadcast journalism lost one of its giants, who will be remembered along with names like Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and David Brinkley."
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Pelosi Statement on Largest Increase in Consumer Prices in Six Months
June 13, 2008
"Today's economic news that consumer prices rose largely due to record energy prices is a direct consequence of allowing energy companies write our national policy. That approach - as illustrated in the Cheney Task Force - has resulted in record profits for the oil industry, and record prices for American consumers."
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Chairmen Berman, Skelton Demand Administration Briefing on Negotiations About U.S. Troops' Future in Iraq
June 13, 2008
The chairmen of the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committees, which are responsible for overseeing the State and Defense departments, today insisted that the Administration fulfill its commitment to keep members of Congress informed of its negotiations with the Iraqi government on agreements about the future of U.S. troops stationed in Iraq.

See highlights of the series of hearings held on these issues >>

Full text of the letter:

The President

The White House

Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

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House Passes Extended Unemployment Compensation With Veto Proof Margin
June 12, 2008
The House has just passed the Emergency Extended Unemployment Compensation Act, H.R. 5749, by a veto-proof margin of 274-137 after Republicans blocked the legislation yesterday. The legislation will immediately provide up to 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits in every state to workers exhausting the 26 weeks of regular unemployment benefits, providing much-needed relief to 3.8 million unemployed workers to assist them with rapidly rising gas and food costs, while they continue to struggle to find work in the slowing economy.

Learn more in our current legislation section >>

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