For quite some time we have heard that President Bush has told former White House counsel, Harriet Miers to not talk to Congress about the United States attorney's who were fired. She has complied with the President's wishes so far, but things will get more dicey for her as the Democrats move to find her in contempt of Congress.
On Thursday, Judiciary Committee Chairman, Joh Conyers, Democrat of Michigan took the first step to find her in contempt as she had informed the House Judiciary subcommittee on Wednesday, through her lawyer, that she was ordered by the President to not appear, citing executive privilege.
The subcommittee voted 7-5 Thursday to pass a resolution that said Harriet Miers defiance of a congressional subpoena lacked a legal basis. Representative Conyers said that if they do not enforce the subpoena, no one would ever have to come before the Judiciary Committee again.
Republicans defended the White House, saying that the Democrats are merely trying to paint the White House with an obstructionist brush, because they cannot find any wrongdoing in the firings of the United States attorneys.
With the power of the committees in their hands the Democrats will try and kill the Bush administration by "death by a thousand cuts", just as the Republicans did to the Clinton administration when they were in power!
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