House, Senate Showdown Looming With the White House?

   The U.S. Congress could be heading for a showdown with the White House in the near future over the prosecutor purge that has taken place.

   Congress is set to meet with Attorney General Gonzales in the coming week to talk about his reasoning behind the purge but exactly where and when has not been determined.

  The investigations are continuing by both the House and the Senate.

   Some of the Senate and House lawmakers have met with Fred Fielding ( White House counsel ) over their desire to get their hands on some documents and interviews with some of the White House officials. They wish to speak with Rove, for one. It seems that Fielding put them off by saying that he would get back to them after speaking with Bush about the matter. It's possible that the Bush Crime Family could invoke executive privilege, which would mean war with the legitimate branches of government.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) put it: “Frankly, I don’t care whether Fielding says he’s going to allow people or not. We’ll subpoena the people we want.... If they want to defy the subpoena, then you get into a stonewall situation I suspect they don’t want to have.”

And so this morning, the Senate committee will vote on whether to issue subpoenas to Karl Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers, and William Kelley, a former top aide to Miers.

We'll know tomorrow, it seems, whether they'll have to use them.       Source

   I wonder if Cheney has ordered the Shredder Truck to come by one again?

 

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