Democrats Ranting on C-SPAN Asking for Independent Katrina Commission

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I tuned in late. Dems are arguing Rethugs will noot do the job correctly.

"Will the adminitration escape accountability again" asks Bill Pascrell (d) New Jersey.

[nadinbrzezinski]

Action Alert

PRESSURE the media

[cthrumatrix]

7. media has a 2 second memory - - "bush accepts fault" = no inquiry

[JuniperLea]

1. Makes sense to me

That Bush would hold himself accountable for anything the Fed's did wrong... knowing the Repugs wouldn't let an investigation happen in the first place.

[oasis]

4. Rethug Diaz Balart better talk fast because David Drier burned up most of

their minutes with cheap PR.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. House or Senate? C-SPAN 1 or 2?

Thanks! :hi:

[Sydnie]

5. One n/t

[oasis]

6. House. Waxman up.

[Skidmore]

3. They should also argue for justice for NO.

This is an emotional issue not a technicality.

[oasis]

10. Their focus is on establishing an independent committee w/ subpeona

power to get the real culprits before the committee."No whitewash".

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8. Waxman brings up Plamegate.

[Greeby]

9. They spent 8 days investigating Clinton's Xmas card list?!?

According to Waxman, an example of Repuke priorities :puke:

[oasis]

11. Rahm Emmanueal would definitely subpeona Chertoff.

[me b zola]

12. "no-bid contracts"

says many of the same companies have already been fined millions of $$$ for past problems.


oooh, Jackson Lee is up now:)

[Sydnie]

13. Have we looked at

1. How the WH used the intelligence as faulty as it was that were the basis for going to war in Iraq? NO
2. The outing of a CIA agent by people in the WH? NO
3. The cost of the Medicare prescription drug bill? NO

We had more hearings, when the republicans were in charge and there was a democratic administration, on whether Clinton misused his christmas card list for political purposes. That merited 7 or 8 days of hearings, but we can't get hearings on these important subjects.

...

We have no confidence whatsoever, that we are going to get the facts on what went wrong with Katrina.

Go Waxman GO

"A committee to PRETEND to do an investigation, but not find out the truth".

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14. Sheila Jackson Lee up.

[Coastie for Truth]

15. This is about my butt on the line

I live between the San Andreas and Hayward/Calaveras Faults in the Guadalupe River-Coyote Creek-Alviso Creek flood plain (the "VIII" region in red at the foot of SF Bay)

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[me b zola]

16. They always cut off Congress woman Jackson-Lee

:grr:

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18. Dem Louise Slaughter advised her that the time was limited but Sheila

felt she had to acknowlege the help Texans gave in the rescue effort.Thats' why she ran out of time.

The Rethugs have much less time left.

[liveoaktx]

17. Putting Vid Clips of some of the speeches here

Dems Speak for Independent Commission and not a Whitewash

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20. Thanks. It's well worth the time of DUers to view.

[me b zola]

21. do you have a link to the speeches from the House last night?

I am looking for a transcript or video for the remarks from the evening session, the one where the CBC was red hot :hi:

[me b zola]

19. "citizens of NO deserve the same as the citizens of New York, etc.."

Rep Larson

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22. Resolution passes on a voice vote but Rethug Drier objects because of

absence of a quorum. What's up with this slick, slimy hack? you may ask.

He won but wants to kick the appointment of the committee down the road.

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23. Kick for video clip provided by liveoaktx, #17. Rep. George Miller

attack Bush's "political hacks" for "hollowing out FEMA". A must see.

[oasis]

24. Kick for video on post# 17.