Brownback, Graham demand documents

[jefferson_dem]

Brownback, Graham demand documents
By Alexander Bolton

Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) are calling for the White House to turn over internal documents related to Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers’s service as White House counsel, breaking with Republican colleagues who say the boundaries of executive privilege must not be pushed.

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Graham’s and Brownback’s push for greater disclosure will give Democrats political leverage should they ask for memos and other documents shedding light on Miers’s work within the Bush administration’s inner circle. It would take only two Republicans to defeat Miers in committee, although that would not prevent the nomination’s automatic discharge to a floor vote.

Democrats were unable to persuade the Bush administration during the summer to turn over documents related to Chief Justice John Roberts’s service as deputy solicitor general in the administration of George H.W. Bush.

But while Graham and Brownback’s demand for executive documents may coincide with the political aims of Democrats, it is aimed at conservatives who are withholding their support of the nomination.

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http://www.hillnews.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/101905/news2.html

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Dog and pony show for outraged conservative constituents

They ain't getting docs and they know it. It's all a charade for the dumbasses in the megachurches.

[stepnw1f]

2. No Political Capital (nt)

[Metta]

3. I'm sure this'll be short lived.

And produce no real results.

[ashling]

4. But what about the Republican mantra:

President gets his pick -
Bwaaack! -
gets his pick -
Bwaack!
up or down vote-
Bwaaack!
up or down -
Bushy want a cracker?