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White House probed one book at a time
The Swampby Johanna Neuman Maybe this is why Texan Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, disdainfully refers to the committee's investigation into President Bush's policies as "the book-of-the-month club." Since George W. Bush...Tags: Executive Branch, Valerie Plame, Upper House, George Bush, Justice System
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Debate over raids widens
Tribune NewspapersWASHINGTON — A report Wednesday indicating a sharp decline in the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. fueled a widening debate over the Bush administration's policy of aggressive workplace raids. The raids led to the largest such enforcement...Tags: Immigration, Demographics, Government, Illegal Immigrants, Migration
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Study finds 11% drop in illegal immigrants
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA report Wednesday indicating a marked decline in the number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. fueled a widening national debate over the Bush administration's policy of immigration enforcement through aggressive workplace raids. The largest such...Tags: Demographics, Defense, Migration, Texas, National Government
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Panel holds 'non-impeachment hearing'
WASHINGTON—Critics of President George W. Bush got the chance to air grievances against him Friday at a House Judiciary Committee "non-impeachment hearing" before a packed audience of political activists. Even Cindy Sheehan, the famous anti-war...Tags: Upper House, George Bush, Ohio, Lower House, Nancy Pelosi
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A House impugnment hearing against Bush
Call it the un-impeachment hearing. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday that it insisted was not about removing President Bush from office. But critics of Bush's policies couldn't pass up the chance to accuse the president of a long list...Tags: Upper House, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Prosecution, Ohio
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Four arrested in protest of Karl Rove
The Swampby Katie Fretland Former Bush advisor Karl Rove was invited to speak at a GOP fundraiser in Des Moines, Iowa, but he did not get the warmest of welcomes from four residents who pledged to arrest him. Law enforcement officers......Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Upper House, Wars and Interventions, Texas, Death and Dying
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Bush Justice officials broke law: DOJ IG
The SwampMonica Goodling and D. Kyle Sampson, key aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, violated federal law and departmental policy by considering political affiliation and other improper factors in Justice Department hiring decisions, according to...Tags: Upper House, Crimes, Prosecution, Justice System, Government
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Bush un-impeachment bill gets hearing
The Swampby Katie Fretland and updated Critics of President George W. Bush got the chance to air grievances against him Friday at a House Judiciary Committee "non-impeachment hearing" before a packed audience of political activists. Even Cindy Sheehan, the...Tags: Upper House, George Bush, Ohio, Lower House, Nancy Pelosi
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Committee votes for Rove contempt
The Swampby Katie Fretland and updated The House Judiciary Committee this morning voted in favor of finding former Bush advisor Karl Rove in contempt of Congress for his refusal of a subpoena to testify before the panel. The committee voted along......Tags: Executive Branch, Upper House, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Justice System, Political Candidates
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Send Rove to jail petition passes 100,000
The Swamp(Brave New Films used the video above to promote the petition) by Katie Fretland A petition to send former White House deputy chief of staff Karl Rove to jail over refusing a subpoena to testify before a House committee has......Tags: Executive Branch, Values, George Bush, Prosecution, Government
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Ex-aide pulls back curtain for House
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON — Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Friday, said he was suspicious of Lewis "Scooter" Libby's denial that he had leaked the name of a CIA agent but had no choice but...Tags: Upper House, Dick Cheney, George Bush, Wars and Interventions, Government
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McClellan testifies on leak
Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan, testifying before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday, said he was suspicious of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's denial that he had leaked the name of a CIA agent but had no choice except to go along with...Tags: International Military Interventions, Executive Branch, Upper House, Dick Cheney, George Bush
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