Democrats delay major moves in two House investigations of Bush officials

Yea, what's the hurry.:banghead:

http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Democrats_delay_major_moves_in_two_0418.html

Democrats delay major moves in two House investigations of Bush officials
Michael Roston
Published: Wednesday April 18, 2007


Update: Chairman Conyers has officially confirmed the delay of the immunity meeting, which has been incorporated below.

Democratic leaders of two House committees decided late on Tuesday to postpone major moves in their investigations of top Bush administration officials, which had been expected early this Wednesday.

The House Judiciary Committee decided to delay a decision this morning on immunizing Monica Goodling, a former top Justice Department official implicated in the firing of 8 US Attorneys, from prosecution. And the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chose to push back a meeting on issuing a subpoena to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

RAW STORY learned of the delay in the immunity meeting late yesterday from a Republican member of the House Judiciary Committee's staff.

"Chairman Conyers and Ranking Member Smith agreed to delay this week's vote on immunity in order to take a better look at the facts," said Beth McGinn, a spokesperson for Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), the ranking Republican on the Committee. "We want to make sure this is the best way to get the facts to the public."

In a statement released this morning, Rep. John Conyers (D-MI), the Committee's Chairman, confirmed that the immunity hearing had been postponed.

"At the request of our Ranking Minority Member, Lamar Smith, I have announced a one-week delay in the Committee vote to apply for immunity for Monica Goodling," Conyers said. "It is my hope that a short delay, agreed to in the spirit of bipartisan cooperation, will enable the Minority to join us in taking this critical step in our efforts to uncover the truth about why the U.S. Attorneys were terminated and what it means for the integrity of federal law enforcement."

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Yeah I understand they want to make this look bipartisan but the longer they take the more data could be wiped and corrupted.

Rp

things.

We've had over SIX YEARS of delays in oversight by Congress. A week is just a drop in the bucket compared to what we've already endured, but as mentioned previously, this just gives the GOP/Bush Administration more time to cover up their crimes.

You can erase/edit/misplace a lot of docs in a week's time.

To hell with bipartisanship, the GOP didn't care about it when they were in control, why should we? The Dems need to grow a pair and tell the GOP to go "FUCK YOURSELF", which should be completely appropriate since Vice President Dick Cheney said that very thing to a Dem on the Senate Floor.

is more harmful to Repugs than it is to Dems...at this point, maybe. :shrug:

See this post for what Conyers is doing....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=680518&mesg_id=680518