4th House Cmty fails to adversely rpt res of inq for * admin outing Plame

[paineinthearse]

Way to go rethugs, you're doing a perfect job!!!!

Last week the Senate, on a straight party line vote, refused to appoint a special committee to investigate (Clinton resolution): "Motion To Suspend Paragraph 4, Rule XVI RE: Clinton Amdt. NO. 1660; To establish a congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Region of the United States especially in the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and other areas impacted in the aftermath and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future." Sorry, cannot provide a link as "advanced search" is down. When up, search in the GDP forum under my name for key words "Clinton" and/or "1660".

At the same time, three House Committees to adversely report a resolution of inquiry for an independent congressional inquiry of the Bush administration's role in the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame.

See DU "DSM Resolutions of Inquiry Defeated" - http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x2093269

{:banghead: by the way, this post elicited all of 2 replies :banghead:}

Well today, the House Armed Services made it 4 for 4.

Does this mean any Plame investigation by the House is dead? Probably.

http://whateveralready.blogspot.com/

The House Armed Services Committee became the fourth House committee yesterday to adversely report a resolution of inquiry for an independent congressional inquiry of the Bush administration's role in the outing of CIA officer Valerie Plame. The Armed Services committee was the fourth congressional committee in recent days to vote down a resolution of inquiry regarding the Plame affair. The others have been the House Judiciary, International Relations, and Intelligence committees.

The earlier votes were along straight party lines. Armed Services rejected the resolution simply on a voice vote. The debate within the committee was over in a few short minutes. And no Democrat objected to voice vote-- instead of one for the record-- apparently because the outcome was all but preordained.

For more about this, one can read this article which I wrote for the Village Voice about the earlier congressional votes....

[evlbstrd]

1. What else did you expect?

As for the Plame investigation, I'd just as soon hold out for the grand jury to finish their work.

[paineinthearse]

7. I am not surprised at all

But DU needs to know at each step of the procecss what has developed that day.

[electropop]

2. Only after Fitzgerald frog-marches Rove

and Libby, will the Pukes finally wake up and smell the coffee. They are toast (oops) in 2006 if they don't impeach Bushitler.

[shraby]

3. Personally I'd just as soon not see an

investigation by anyone but Fitzgerald. A congressional investigation might confer immunity on some of the perps and that will screw up any trial guilty verdicts for those perps.

[acmejack]

5. Exactly correct!

I have been worried they would do exactly that. I remeber it happening last time and I am still angry about it (and few other things too)

[evlbstrd]

8. Shades of Iran/Contra.

[Ugnmoose]

4. No big surprise

With majority control these asswipes will never relent until they feel under imminent threat (their re-election).
No matter. I think Fitzgerald has things well in hand and his Grand Jury indictments will do much more damage than any freakin charade of an investigation that might go on in Congress.

[hwmnbn]

6. These congressional committees would just.....

purposely screw up whatever investigation these repubrobates undertake. I think it's better to let the Grand Jury deal with these criminals legally first.

Once the crimes come out in open court, then congress can safely deal with these criminals politically. I contend they will fall all over themselves to get their shots in before the 2006 elections.

Like rats off a sinking ship.