Legislation, not Investigation

Congress has asked for more documents on the firings of the eight U.S. attorneys from the White House. The Bush administration has turned down the request. In return, the House and Senate Judicial Committees have given them until next Monday to explain their case for denying the information.

In case you missed the boat, as the Democrat-controlled Congress has, the President can dismiss any or all of the U.S. attorneys at any time he wishes. Bush could fire all the attorneys for being Bears fans if he wanted to, and Democrats could not do anything about it.

Congress has had its sights on the Bush administration since taking office at the beginning of the year. White House Spokesman Scott Stanzel said, “They’ve launched over 300 investigations, had over 350 requests for documents and interviews and they have had over 600 oversight hearings in just about 100 days,” Stanzel said. The White House has handed over 200,000 pages of documents to Congress. That’s impressive! Where has that gotten them?

The Democrats are skeptical of the numbers Stanzel provides, but do not provide a correction. A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said, “His numbers are as faulty as the intelligence they used to make their case for war.” Ouch!

Congress has “a lot to show in terms of activity and requests and letter-writing, and that sort of thing, but not much to show in the way of real legislation,” according to Stanzel. The American public agrees – it’s no wonder Congress has a record-low 24% approval rating.

Chris Carter is the host of “Unto the Breach.”
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