The Baying Sheep In Washington
House Leaders Demand Return of Seized Files
By CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, May 24 — The constitutional clash pitting Congress against the executive branch escalated Wednesday as the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House demanded the immediate return of materials seized by federal agents when they searched the office of a House member who is under investigation in a corruption case.
The demand, by Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, underscored the degree of the anger generated among members of both parties on Capitol Hill by the search on Saturday night at the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, who has been accused of accepting bribes.
Full New York Times Spin
Oh my, Hastert & Pelosi have their undies in a wad. They haven't given a rat's behind about murder, kidnapping, torture, pre-emptive war, and all the rest of the atrocities that have been going on in our name since 9/11, but now all of the sudden they're concerned about the Constitution? The same Constitution they've been wiping their butts with all this time?
Give me a break!
TLC
By CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, May 24 — The constitutional clash pitting Congress against the executive branch escalated Wednesday as the Republican and Democratic leaders of the House demanded the immediate return of materials seized by federal agents when they searched the office of a House member who is under investigation in a corruption case.
The demand, by Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, Republican of Illinois, and Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, the Democratic leader, underscored the degree of the anger generated among members of both parties on Capitol Hill by the search on Saturday night at the office of Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, who has been accused of accepting bribes.
Full New York Times Spin
Oh my, Hastert & Pelosi have their undies in a wad. They haven't given a rat's behind about murder, kidnapping, torture, pre-emptive war, and all the rest of the atrocities that have been going on in our name since 9/11, but now all of the sudden they're concerned about the Constitution? The same Constitution they've been wiping their butts with all this time?
Give me a break!
TLC
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