![[Valid Atom 1.0]](valid-atom.png "Validate my Atom 1.0 feed")
Executive Privilege * USA - Exhaust papers blocked
President Bush asserted executive privilege Friday to withhold documents from a congressional investigation into whether he pressured EPA
Washi9ngton,DC,USA -The Detroit News -June 21, 2008: -- President Bush asserted executive privilege Friday to withhold documents from a congressional investigation into whether he pressured EPA to weaken decisions on smog and greenhouse gases... White House officials notified a House committee of the rare assertion about 15 minutes before the committee was to vote on holding the head of the EPA and a White House budget official in contempt of Congress for not providing the documents... The committee's chairman, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., canceled the vote while expressing skepticism over the privilege claim...
Labels: governmental affairs
posted by Unknown @ 1:12 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home