A Blast from the Past: Panel Acts to Gain Travel Office Papers
Writing by Marq on Tuesday, 20 of March , 2007 at 9:01 pm
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the Democrat should use the precedence set forth by the Republicans when they were in control of the House and Senate. Subpoena for the information they want or start contempt hearings, I wonder if the Republicans are starting to regret the witchhunt they waged against Bill Clinton.
When Bill Clinton was president the Republicans clearly felt that anything going on in the White House was fair game, why should this president expect anything less than the swift justice Republicans were willing to deal out when Clinton was president. The president has been set gentlemen and the rules of engagement were written by the Republicans, so Bush give Congress what they want or prepare for impeachment.
Let’s take a trip in the way back machine, all the way to May 10, 1996. From the New York Times (bolds are mine)…
Technorati Tags: bill clinton, Bush, fair game, impeachment, republicans, rules of engagement, senate, White houseA House committee investigating the dismissals at the White House travel office voted today to begin criminal contempt proceedings against one current and two former Presidential aides after President Clinton’s top lawyer invoked executive privilege in refusing to turn over documents sought by the panel.
The 27-19 vote by the Government Reform and Oversight Committee came after Presidential aides cited the constitutionally based doctrine that permits Presidents, under rare circumstances, to withhold national security or deliberative material from Congress or the courts.
Representative William F. Clinger Jr., a Pennsylvania Republican who is chairman of the committee, said he would delay the next step, sending the contempt action to the House floor for a vote, in hopes that he could reach a compromise with the White House over the disputed documents.
If not, aides to Mr. Clinger said that within a week he would seek a full House vote on the measure. If approved, the contempt charges would be referred to the United States Attorney here for prosecution and would probably be transferred to Kenneth W. Starr, the Whitewater independent counsel, who is already investigating travel office matters.
If convicted, the three men facing criminal contempt proceedings could face up to a year in prison and a fine of up to $1,000. The men named in Mr. Clinger’s resolution are Jack Quinn, the White House counsel; David Watkins, a former top administrator at the White House, and Matthew Moore, a former White House lawyer.
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