Time for Congress to Stand Up to Bush on Recess Appointments
[IMGCAP(1)] This was not a controversial element of the Constitution; it was adopted by the Constitutional Convention without debate and without dissent.
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[IMGCAP(1)] This was not a controversial element of the Constitution; it was adopted by the Constitutional Convention without debate and without dissent.
Without us sticking together they can say whatever they want.”
A Democratic aide close to the panel said recently they do not expect the probe to last more than “a few months.”
life without them.”
“I’m almost at the point now where I don’t think there are any options. I’m looking for all the help I can get,” said Ronald Dickson, a 66-year-old who owned Club 55 with his wife, Deloris.
“The way I tried to do that was first by opening the door. I had a very, very open-door policy. No locked doors on the chief’s suite, you could knock on my door,” Gainer said.
“During the campaign last year I talked a great deal about ethical reform in Congress because it was an issue in the campaign,” Hill said in an interview last week.
Senior White House officials said Wednesday that they remain confident that House and Senate Republicans will remain unified behind President Bush’s opposition to setting a withdrawal date from Iraq and
Pryor’s voting record reflects that, Ross said. “I don’t think it was a political vote for him,” Ross said. “It was a vote of conviction. He’s voting from his heart.”
Gonzalez’s office confirmed late Friday that the Congressman will not bow to GOP protests and will convene the meeting with or without Republicans present.
“I did not feel that it was appropriate for me to say where the money would go without all the members of our committee participating.”
“I’m entitled to hire five people,” Hastings said of his new post at the organization commonly referred to as the Helsinki Commission.
Frist was preparing a presidential bid but announced late last year that he would not run, leaving his would-be campaign team without a horse in the 2008 contest.
“I don’t think it’s entirely accurate what he said,” Sampson said, under questioning from Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).
“This is a major stop forward in bringing the Senate into the modern era,” said Rules Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
“I feel that I could garner a lot of support and make a strong showing in the general election, so I’m definitely interested at this point,” Larson said in a telephone interview Wednesday.
And I see no reason to change that conclusion. [IMGCAP(1)] That said, 2007 is not without national implications.
Webb did stress: “I have never carried a gun in the Capitol complex and I did not give the weapon to Phillip Thompson.”
“I just want to do what I can for the environment [and] this is a good way to it,” said Nina Dutton, a senior at School Without Walls in Northwest D.C.
“I can’t tell you why the increase [in legislation] has occurred,” Fransen said. “We have noticed the increase, but don’t know why.”