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Susan Crabtree, of The Hill, reports: "Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats are pushing forward with a resolution holding the White House in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with their subpoenas for information and testimony related to the firings of several US attorneys. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Tuesday put the contempt resolutions on the committee's agenda for Thursday's meeting. The move comes after Leahy issued a ruling last week calling the White House's claims of executive privilege and immunity 'overbroad, unsubstantiated and not legally valid.'"

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/120507M.shtml

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Leahy Plans Contempt of Congress Vote for Bush Officials
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/12/05/5620/



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