Leahy Moves on Rove Contempt Citation
By Paul Kiel - December 5, 2007, 3:06PM
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004834.phpKarl Rove is gone, but not forgotten.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy has scheduled a vote tomorrow (
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1207/Leahy_sets_Thursday_vote_for_contempt_resolutions_against_Rove_Bolten.html) on whether to issue contempt citations to Rove and White House chief of staff Josh Bolten ......
And then it's up to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). His counterparts in the House leadership have delayed (
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/004339.php) a vote for contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Bolten since July ....
Update: A Reid aide responds that "after the Committee acts on this issue, Senator Reid will consult with Senator Leahy about how to move forward on it." Maybe things will be clearer next week.
And for those who didn't catch our interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) about the contempt citations earlier this week, check it out.
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December 04, 2007
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1207/Leahy_sets_Thursday_vote_for_contempt_resolutions_against_Rove_Bolten.html....
Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has scheduled a committee vote Thursday on contempt resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential political guru Karl Rove for failing to respond to subpoenas.
Under Judiciary Committee rules, the vote could be postponed for a week .....
Rove and Bolten were subpoenaed earlier in the year by the Senate panel as part of the investigation into the sacking of nine U.S. attorneys. President Bush, citing executive privilege, refused to make the two senior aides available for questioning by the committee.
Leahy predicted that the contempt resolutions could reach the Senate floor sometime early next year.