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• Dept. Of Set Redesigns: Wacky New House Judiciary Panel Finds Miers, Bolten In Contempt

  Published: July 25, 2007, 1:29 pm

  Tags: Bush Administration, Congress, Dept Of Set Redesigns, Harriet Miers, Impeachment, Watergate

  Well, looks like Harriet Miers and Josh Bolten are now officially in contempt of Congress, thanks to the 22-17 vote of the House panel, pictured at left. Miers and Bolten were arrested and sent to...

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• Senate subpeona’s Karl Rove

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:11 pm

  Tags: Harriet Miers, Patrick Leahy, U S Attorney Firings, U S Attorney Firing Scandal, Josh Bolton, Power Games, Gop Culture Of Corruption, U S Senate, Karl Rove, Alberto Gonzales, Arlen Specter, Politics

  Hat tip: by Klaus Marre, the Hill Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Thursday issued a subpoena for top White House adviser Karl Rove to compel him to testify about the firing of several U.S. attorneys. The evidence shows that senior White House political operatives were focused on the political impact of federal

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• House Judiciary Committee finds a pair and issues contempt of congress charges against Bolton and Miers

  Published: July 25, 2007, 3:06 pm

  Tags: U S Attorney Firing Scandal, Political Expediency, Josh Bolton, Harriet Miers, Right Wing Propaganda, U S House Of Representatives, Gop Culture Of Corruption, Power Games, Politics

  former White House Counsel Harriet Miers. Wow. The Republicans actually called this move unnecessary and unprecedented with straight faces. Incredible. Let me get this straight, y’all can call President Clinton’s secretary to testify in front of Congress about some hat pin he gave Monica Lewinsky but Bush’s

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• There's A Dungeon Under The Capitol, Apparently: “The sergeant at arms could stick Harriet ...

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:09 pm

  Tags: Harriet Miers, Impeachment, Karl Rove, Quicklinks, There S Dungeon Under The Capitol Apparently

  “The sergeant at arms could stick Harriet Miers in the basement, lock her up and wait until she’s ready to talk.” [Politico]

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• There's A Dungeon Under The Capitol, Apparently: “The sergeant at arms could stick Harriet ...

  Published: September 4, 2007, 1:09 pm

  Tags: Harriet Miers, Impeachment, Karl Rove, Quicklinks, There S Dungeon Under The Capitol Apparently

  “The sergeant at arms could stick Harriet Miers in the basement, lock her up and wait until she’s ready to talk.” [Politico]

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• Bill Maher: let Harriet Miers out

  Published: September 6, 2007, 12:54 am

  Tags: Harriet Miers, Bush, Real Time, Funny, Bill Maher, Politics, Huffington Post

  This is a funny clip... See it at Huffington Post...George Bush must let Harriet Miers out of the Basement of the Bates Motel.Be sure to stop by for more later...

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• Subpoena power takes a powder

  Published: September 11, 2007, 2:24 pm

  Tags: Contempt Of Congress, Subpoena Power, Josh Bolten, Harriet Miers

  former White House counsel Harriet Miers for several weeks, and possibly longer, according to top lawmakers and aides. Why? Pelosi decided to delay a vote until at least late September, and possibly into October. Democrats said they are not yet ready for such a vote because they have not briefed lawmakers on what it would mean and how the

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• House GOP argues for inherent contempt

  Published: November 2, 2007, 9:56 am

  Tags: Joshua Bolten, Harriet Miers, Richard Nixon, Inherent Contempt, Contempt Of Congress

  of Congress votes on Miers and Bolten. And guess what? They're trying to come up with brainy-sounding excuses not to vote for it. Shocker! Republicans see major flaws in the Democratic arguments for a contempt vote, including the risk of losing any court battle with the Bush administration over the issue of executive privilege. "This

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• Final Warning for Administration

  Published: November 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Final, Warning, For, Administration, Michael Mukasey, The White House, John Conyers, George W Bush, United States, U S House Committee On The Judiciary, Charles Schumer, Dana Perino, Dianne Feinstein, Fred Fielding, Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten, U S Department Of Justice

  The House Judiciary Committee sent a final warning to the White House yesterday to provide Democrats with access to disputed documents and testimony, pushing the House closer to a vote on contempt citations for two administration officials.

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• Psst! How's that contempt of Congress thing coming along?

  Published: November 14, 2007, 10:22 am

  Tags: Contempt Of Congress, Subpoena Power, Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten

  former White House counsel Harriet Miers for several weeks, and possibly longer, according to top lawmakers and aides. Democratic aides said a vote could come as early as next week. Pelosi’s office said no final decision has been made yet on whether there will actually be a vote or when it will take place if it does happen. As early

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• You're still still not getting your oversight.

  Published: November 15, 2007, 10:22 am

  Tags: Congressional Oversight, Subpoenas, Subpoena Power, Us Attorneys, Joshua Bolten, Harriet Miers, Contempt Of Congress, Rahm Emanuel

  former White House counsel Harriet Miers, delaying for now any constitutional showdown with the White House over the president’s power to resist congressional subpoenas. Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) has been pushing for the contempt vote, arguing that the White House must be held accountable for ignoring

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• Mukasey's Second Test

  Published: November 16, 2007, 11:29 am

  Tags: Josh Bolton, Subpoenas, Contempt, Harriet Miers, Nancy Pelosi, Attorney General, Michael Mukasey, Department Of Justice, Congress

  to pass. The motion to hold Harriet Miers and Josh Bolton in contempt has made it out of committee and goes to debate on the floor of the House. This puts the brunt of the burden on Nancy Pelosi who must demand justice and get her Democratic caucus whipped into shape. Assuming that goes off without a hitch, the burden gets shifted to

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• Think bloggers are morons? Would you settle for the NYT?

  Published: November 16, 2007, 10:37 am

  Tags: Contempt Of Congress, Harriet Miers, Joshua Bolten

  of Staff Joshua Bolten and Harriet Miers, the former White House counsel, showed their utter disregard for Congress, the Constitution and the American people when they defied Congressional subpoenas in the United States attorneys scandal. The House Judiciary Committee rightly voted to hold them in contempt, and now the matter goes to the full

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• Homeland Security Adviser Townsend Leaving White House

  Published: November 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security, Adviser, Townsend, Leaving, White, House, Fran Townsend, George W Bush, The White House, Condoleezza Rice, Dana Perino, Al Qaeda, U S Department Of Justice, California, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Brooklyn, Dan Bartlett, Gordon Brown, Harriet Miers, Janet Reno, Joh

  President Bush's chief terrorism adviser announced yesterday that she is stepping down early next year, the latest in a series of high-level exits from the White House as the Bush presidency heads toward its final year.

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• Homeland Security Adviser Townsend Leaving White House

  Published: November 20, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Homeland, Security, Adviser, Townsend, Leaving, White, House, Fran Townsend, George W Bush, The White House, Condoleezza Rice, Dana Perino, Al Qaeda, U S Department Of Justice, California, Ayman Al Zawahiri, Brooklyn, Dan Bartlett, Gordon Brown, Harriet Miers, Janet Reno, Joh

  President Bush's chief terrorism adviser announced yesterday that she is stepping down early next year, the latest in a series of high-level exits from the White House as the Bush presidency heads toward its final year.

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