House Dems to WH "Let's Talk but don't be shredding any docs"

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With subpoenas at the ready, House Democrats wrote White House counsel Fred Fielding today to tell him that they "remain committed to seeking a cooperative resolution."

House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) and subcommittee chairwoman Linda Sanchez (D-CA), who oversaw a vote yesterday to authorize the issuance of subpoenas for Karl Rove and other White House officials, signed the letter. You can read it here.

Under the solution Fielding laid out in a letter sent Tuesday, Rove and others would be offered to the committee in closed meetings, with a limited number of participants, with no oath and with no transcript. The letter also said that the White House would not turn over any internal White House communications.

Democrats have said no deal. "e cannot accept your proposal for a number of reasons, and would sincerely hope that your office will work with us," says the letter sent today.

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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002851.php


The letter is here
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/fieldinghouseltr/?resultpage=1&

[Junkdrawer]

1. WH to House Dems "Why (shred shred) perish the thought (shred shred)...

we would NEVER (shred shred) even consider such a thing (shred shred)....

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2. May be too late for that...

Didn't Darth Cheney have a shredding co. truck parked outside his home for days? I seem to recollect something of that nature...