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Black Caucus Furious Over Neglect by Obama

Kevin Spak — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:56:35 CST

Barack Obama is sure to get an earful when he meets with the Congressional Black Caucus on jobs today; the CBC is none too happy with the first black president. The much-respected John Conyers tells Politico that Obama “isn’t listening” to black lawmakers, while others accuse him of not paying...

Obama to Conyers: Stop 'Demeaning' Me

Nick McMaster — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:28:00 CST

John Conyers hasn't been shy about what he sees as the president's failings, and his remarks seem to have struck a nerve. “I’ve been saying I don’t agree with him on Afghanistan, I think he screwed up on health care reform, on Guantánamo," said the long-serving liberal congressman. “Obama called...

Rove Pushed for Firing of US Attorney in NM

Harry Kimball — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:47:32 CDT

The House Judiciary Committee released documents today that Democrats say put Karl Rove and former Bush counsel Harriet Miers at the center of the US attorney firing scandal, Politico reports. “Karl Rove and his cohorts at the Bush White House were the driving force behind several of these firings,” says...

House Dems Want to Impeach Judge for Torture Memos

Gabriel Winant — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:43:48 CDT

House Democrats may start a constitutional confrontation over the fate of Judge Jay Bybee, and there’s nothing anybody—not even lukewarm President Obama—can do to stop them, reports Politico. As liberal think-tanker John Podesta argues, Bybee “authorized things that were illegal under US law” when he wrote memos endorsing...

Dems 'Would Love to Have Me Barbecued': Rove

Clay Dillow — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:03:01 CST

Karl Rove is looking forward to testifying before the House Judiciary Committee concerning his alleged role in the sacking of several federal prosecutors, Fox News reports. But beware the “show trial,” Rove said, as “some Democrats would love to have me barbecued.” Rove will also be questioned about the prosecution...

Rove Slapped With Another Subpoena

Neal Colgrass — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:00 CST

House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers subpoenaed Karl Rove today to testify about alleged politicization of the Justice Department, USA Today reports. Subpoenaed for the first time last Congress, Rove claimed executive privilege and refused to show. Conyers said that unlike former President Bush, President Obama does not support immunity...

10 Democrats Obama Must Watch Out For

Kevin Spak — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:05:01 CST

The good vibrations can’t last forever. Sooner or later, President Obama is bound to run afoul of members of his own party. Glenn Thrush, in Politico, scopes out the suspects: John Conyers: The irrepressible House Judiciary chairman wants to investigate the US attorneys scandal and other potential Bush-era malfeasance, despite...

Investigate Bush: Conyers

Matt Cantor — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:29:02 CST

As the country moves forward, we can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past: it’s time to review the abuses of the Bush administration, writes Michigan congressman John Conyers, Jr. in the Washington Post . Congress must keep pushing for “stonewalled” Bush documents; it should create an independent probe of...

Conyers Raps Obama Surgeon General Pick

M. Morris — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:27:37 CST

Barack Obama's apparent choice for surgeon general, Sanjay Gupta, is drawing fire from within his own party, ABC News reports. John Conyers of Michigan, the House Judiciary Committee chair, sent a letter to his fellow legislators today encouraging them to join him in protesting the nomination of the CNN fixture...