White House spokesman Tony Snow said House Democratic members spearheading an effort to impeach Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales are in "a race to be most toxic."
"This is the kind of thing that is designed to turn up the temperature rather than turn on the light," Mr. Snow said.
Rep. Jay Inslee, a Democrat from Seattle, is sponsoring a resolution that would "investigate whether [Mr.] Gonzales should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors."
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, and Rep. Peter DeFazio, both Oregon Democrats, said today they would co-sponsor the measure.
"I hope that this will serve as a wake-up call to the entire Bush administration," Mr. Blumenauer said.
-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times
Comments (4)
Why don't the democrats work on finding new energy sources. win the public with making our lives better. instead of throwing things out hoping they will stick, while they tie up government with investigation after investigations. most of which have no merit? it seems to me they are just power hungry.
Posted by Anonymous | July 31, 2007 8:30 PM
Seems to be an effort by the Congress to divert attention from the fact that they have done nothing in seven years but blame, filibuster and hold hearings.
Posted by Larry Stone | August 1, 2007 12:37 AM
Once we get those responsible for obstructing progress out of office then we may be able to move past 'blaming, filibustering and holding hearings'. Congress is trying to fix the lack of accountability that has developed over the seven years. Only then will they be able to make our lives better.
Posted by zack | August 1, 2007 12:31 PM
Once we get those responsible for obstructing progress out of office then we may be able to move past 'blaming, filibustering and holding hearings'. Congress is trying to fix the lack of accountability that has developed over the seven years. Only then will they be able to make our lives better.
Posted by zack | August 1, 2007 12:32 PM