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Comey Defends Fired Attorneys

Most were strong performers, former deputy AG tells
House panel

May 4, 07 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most of the U.S. attorneys axed en masse by the Justice Department last year weren't underperforming, former Deputy Attorney General James Comey told a House panel yesterday. Comey, who left Justice over a year before the firings, said he'd rated the attorneys' performance for Chief of Staff Kyle Sampson... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Monica Goodling • Congressional investigations • Democratic Congress • James Comey • scandal

Dems, President Get Serious
On Iraq Compromise

A day of pomp and American flags leads back to the drawing board

May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Senate • Senate Democrats • Trent Lott • Iraq war

Bush Vetoes War Funding Bill

May 1, 07 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - As good as his word, President Bush made short work of vetoing the war appropriations bill Congress put on his desk today, objecting to its provision for a strict timetable for pulling the troop out of Iraq. With the veto a fait accompli for weeks, lawmakers are already girding to... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Iraq pullout • veto • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

You Go to War With the Army You Need

Not the Army you have, says an active-duty Army officer

Apr 27, 07 8:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - "America's generals have failed to prepare our armed forces for war and advise civilian authorities on the application of force to achieve the aims of policy," says Lt. Col. Paul Yingling. In an extraordinary article in Armed Forces Journal Yingling blames the military for not properly advising the... More »

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Iraq • Congress • insurgents • Paul Yingling • US Army • training • Iraq war

Democrats Dole Out Subpoenas

Congress gets tough on U.S. attorneys players—and calls Condi in to talk Iraq

Apr 26, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic Congress flexed its oversight muscle today, with both houses dishing out subpoenas all the way up to Condi Rice. A House committee subpoenaed the Secretary of State to discuss the lead-up to the Iraq War, while both the House and Senate Judiciary Committees summoned aides involved in the... More »

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Congress • Monica Goodling • Congressional oversight • Democratic Congress • US attorneys scandal • Senate Judiciary Committee • Congressional hearings • House Judiciary Committee • Condoleezza Rice • subpoena • Iraq war

Most Dems Mum on Gun Control

Murphy: Massacre
could have been avoided if leaders
stood up to gun lobby

Apr 18, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Grief over the Virginia Tech massacre is re-energizing gun control advocates like Rep. Carolyn Murphy, whose husband was shot dead in 1996. "For too long, Congress has stood idle while gun violence continues to take its toll," she said yesterday. But most Dems have studiously avoided the hot-button... More »

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Congress • politics • gun control • Democrat • weapon • Carolyn Murphy • Virginia Tech shootings • gun violence • Election 2008

House Subpoenas Gonzo

Stakes raised in purge- gate as White House resists disclosure

Apr 11, 07 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alberto Gonzales got served yesterday, as House Dems issued their first subpoena in the attorney-firing scandal. They want the AG to turn over hundreds of pages of new or uncensored documents, including a complete version of the March 2005 chart Gonzales and chief-of-staff Kyle Sampson used to evaluate all 93... More »

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Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • politics • Kyle Sampson • White House • scandal

Congress Studies Lost Art Of Oversight  

Lawmakers are gearing up furiously for for a rash of probes

Apr 9, 07 8:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Consider the U.S. attorneys  investigation the tip of the iceberg: With more than a dozen probes launched in its first 100 days, Congress is ramping up to reclaim its role as a watchdog over the executive branch, the Christian Science Monitor reports, honing skills that haven't been in demand... More »

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Congress • US attorney • investigation • politics • oversight

Immigration Reform Back On
Bush Agenda

Even with Democrats more receptive, plan will be tough sell

Apr 9, 07 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is making another run at immigration reform, armed with the hope that the Democratic Congress will be more receptive than his own party was last year. In Arizona today Bush will reintroduce a package that sounds suspiciously like his earlier attempt: increased border security, better enforcement of immigration... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • immigration • Congress • Democrats • illegal immigrant • border control • Arizona • reform • George W. Bush

Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job

Someone had to.

Apr 6, 07 9:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taylor Marsh defends Pelosi's visit to Syria on the grounds that if Bush won't talk to Assad someone has to.  It turns out that all Syria wants is some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.  And Marsh makes the case that this is a good thing for America to be doing. More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Syria

Bush Staying the Course on Veto

President refuses to compromise on Iraq funding

Apr 3, 07 1:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bush is staying the course in the war with Congress, ripping into "Democrat leaders" in a press conference today, and repeating his vow to veto any bills with troop withdrawal deadlines that crossed his desk. Congress, he said, is more clearly interested in fighting political battles than real ones. More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • War on Terror • Congress • Pentagon • Democrats • Republican • politics • presidential politics • veto • troop withdrawal • George W. Bush

Baghdad Merchants
Beg to Differ
With McCain

Say sunny security assessment is phony

Apr 3, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Of course John McCain found Baghdad's central market perfectly safe during his weekend visit: He came with 100 soldiers in armored Humvees, backed by attack helicopters and sharpshooters. In a follow-up visit, Kirk Semple of the New York Times found merchants  incredulous at the Congressional delegation's sunny description of the... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • John McCain • Middle East • terrorism • Republican • sectarian violence • Baghdad • Humvees • Mike Pence • security • market • Election 2008

Mink: He's Merely a Pawn

Gonzales was Irrelevant even before the attorneys mess

Mar 29, 07 10:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Who really cares if Alberto Gonzales resigns? Nobody but his family and friends, writes Eric Mink in the St. Louis Dispatch. Because Bush's embattled attorney general proved himself inconsequential long before the botched firings of the  insufficiently loyal U.S. attorneys. Congress learned how little clout the AG had when... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • US attorney • Attorney General • George W. Bush

(Newser) - With Congress and the president now officially at war over Iraq, all parties scrambled yesterday to gear up for the coming firefight. The President promised to veto the spending bill with troop withdrawal deadlines attached, seeming to relish the fight ahead. Tthe newly aggressive and unified Democrats, notes the New ... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • Democrats • Republican • war • Iraq war • Iraq exit strategy • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Equal Rights Amendment Is Back

Democrats push for gender equality in the constitution

Mar 28, 07 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Equal Rights Amendment is making a comeback, with Democrats reintroducing it in both houses of Congress yesterday, and five state legislatures putting it on the docket since January. The measure banning sex discrimination passed the House and Senate in 1972, but it went down to defeat when only 35... More »

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Congress • constitutional amendment • ERA • Women's Equality Amendment • Bill of Rights • discrimination • Equal Rights Amendment

Tillman's Mom Wants Hearings On Cover-Up

"This was an attempt to dupe the public and to promote this war."

Mar 28, 07 9:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Congress should investigate the Army's cover-up of Pat Tillman's friendly-fire death, his mother told ESPN Radio yesterday. A military inquiry concluded Monday that nine high-ranking military officials would face "corrective action," not criminal charges, for their role in claiming Tillman was killed by enemy fire long after they... More »

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Iraq • Congress • military • terrorism • Pat Tillman • Mary Tillman • Arizona Cardinals • friendly fire • war • US Army

Senate Backs Troop Pullout Timetable

Bill ties troop funding to March 2008 withdrawal deadline

Mar 28, 07 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats in the Senate  pulled off a surprise victory yesterday in their bid to force President Bush to bring troops home from Iraq—deflecting a GOP effort to kill the troop withdrawal plan. The Democrats’ proposal sets a March 2008 deadline for ending the conflict and is folded into a... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Congress • Democrats • Chuck Hagel • Charles Schumer • war • US troops • troop withdrawal • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Bush Is Worse Than a Lame Duck

Mar 27, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The FT catalogs a litany of the obstacles for President Bush achieving anything meaningful in his last 22 months in office. At the core of it all is the Iraq war, which has reduced Bush’s popularity to the point where he has no more political capital to spend. More »

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Iraq • Bush administration • Congress • terrorism • Republican • politics • war • Walter Reed Army Medical Center • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Novak: Bush
Is Alone On Gonzales

"In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party"

Mar 26, 07 8:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - There is virtually no support on Capitol Hill for the president's wish to save Alberto Gonzales, who is even more disliked than Rumsfeld was, Robert Novak wrote today. "In half a century, I have not seen a president so isolated from his own party in Congress.  Not Jimmy... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Alberto Gonzales • Republican • Capitol Hill • Robert Novak • George W. Bush

House Vote: Make Rove Testify

Senate expected to approve subpoenas today in prosecutor firing flap

Mar 22, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - A House panel authorized subpoenas yesterday and the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to do so today in an effort to force Karl Rove and other top administration figures to testify about the firings of federal prosecutors. With the White House offering only private interviews, not under oath, the scene... More »

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Bush administration • Congress • Karl Rove • Tony Snow • Senate Judiciary Committee • White House • House of Representatives • Clinton administration • George W. Bush

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