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paineinthearse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-11-05 09:14 AM
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Pretty please letters, is this what it has come to?
Do Congressional Democrats have any legislative or judicial or other recourse to investigate the various scandals, or are they relegated to holding toothless hearings and letter writing?

God bless, John Conyers, he is trying, but where are the results?

http://www.house.gov/judiciary_democrats/correspondence/letters.html

February, 2005
Text of Letter from Reps.Conyers and Waxman to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Requesting the Recusal of Top Aids in CIA Leak Investigation (2/8/05)
Text of Letter from Several Members to Daniel Mullhollan, Director, Congressional Research Service Requesting a 50 State Survey of Voting Irregularities (2/1/05)
Text of Letter from Several Members to Gracia Hillman, Chair, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Requesting Study of Electronic Voting Systems (2/1/05)

January, 2005
Text of Letter from Rep. Conyers to Chris Swecker, FBI Criminal Investigative Division, Concerning Ohio Election Fraud (1/28/05)
Text of Letter from Rep. Conyers to Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro Concerning Sanctions Against Attorneys in the Ohio Presidential Election Challenge (1/20/05)
Text of Letter from Rep. Conyers to Warren Mitofsky of Mitofsky International and Larry Rosin of Edison Media Research Reiterating Request for the Raw Exit Poll Data (1/20/05)
Text of Letter from Several Judiciary Democratic Members to Judiciary Chairman Sensenbrenner Requesting Committee Hearings and Investigate Issue of Protecting Our Citizens Right to Vote (1/19/05)
Text of Letter from Reps. Conyers, Nadler, Scott and Jackson Lee to DOJ AG Ashcroft Requesting Appointment of Special Counsel to Investigate Ohio Voting Irregularities (1/14/05)
DOJ Response (2/3/05)
Text of Letter from Rep. Conyers Requesting Ohio Secretary of State Blackwell's Comments on House Judiciary Democratic Staff Report on Ohio Voting Irregularities (1/13/05)
Text of Letter from Reps. Conyers and Waxman to GAO Comptroller Walker Requesting an Investigation into Long Lines at Polling Places (1/12/05)
GAO Response (1/26/05)
Text of Letter from Several Reps. to the House and Senate Leadership Concerning a Challenge to the Presidential Electors from Ohio (1/5/05)
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