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Talking Points Memo —
Senate Republicans ask for documents on Eric Holder's role in the Elian Gonzales case.
GOP Probes Holder's Tenure in Clinton Administration
News —
... the letters from the Republican senators to Attorney General Michael Mukasey and the director of Clinton presidential library. TheHill.com has the full story about the GOP's probe.
DAY'S END ROUNDUP
News —
... - New York Times GOP Probes Holder's Role in Elian Gonzales Case - The Hill
Been There, Done That
Balloon Juice —
This is like deja vu all over again:
Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General nominee Eric Holder’s role in the Elian Gonzalez controversy as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals during that era.
Eight of nine GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote Clinton Presidential Library Director Terry Garner on Thursday to ask for 10 categories of material, and that includes any information on Holder’s involvement ...
Party like it's 1999
Political Animal —
... to the U.S. Constitution. And as if the '90s flashback wasn't quite obvious enough, Senate Republicans now want to talk about the Elian Gonzales controversy , which began in 1999. Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney General nominee Eric Holder's role in the Elian Gonzales controversy as part of a broad probe into his tenure with the Clinton administration and potential ties to presidential scandals during that era. Eight of nine GOP members on the Senate Judiciary Committee wrote Clinton Presidential Library Director Terry Garner on Thursday to ask ...
Leahy Provided The Rods & Reels, Now The Republicans Are Fishing
Daily Kos —
... there was a Karl Rove-led effort to "go after" Attorney General nominee Eric Holder, Patrick Leahy inexplicably agreed to a Republican request for more time to "prepare" for Holder's confirmation hearing. Said Leahy: I trust that with this additional time to prepare, they will cooperate in proceeding promptly to Committee and Senate consideration of the historic Holder nomination as Democrats did for President Bush. And here's how they're preparing: Senate Republicans have requested information about Attorney ...
12/17: Caroline And The Netroots
Blogometer —
... : HOLDER II: The GOP Wants Its First Scalp Meanwhile, liberal bloggers are accusing GOP senators of engaging in bad faith in their effort to slow down Holder's nomination: ...
Mitchell Bard: Cheney's Confession Should Lead to Criminal Investigation of Bush's Torture Policies
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... No, Cheney has tipped the scale. I would hope that he has now forced the hand of Obama's choice for Attorney General, Eric Holder (yes, it will be Holder, the GOP whines about Marc Rich and Elian Gonzalez are acts of pathetic grandstanding that should go nowhere). I think Holder now has to investigate, in some fashion, allegations of criminal activity by members of the Bush administration, at the very least relating to torture. And he should do so, even if Bush pardons some or all of the actors involved. ...
Forget The Last Eight Years
Open Left - Front Page —
I hope to have more to say about this later this weekend, but I want to make a quick comment about the Republican's announced intentions to investigate Attorney General designate Eric Holder, as reported on in The Hill, and commented on by ...
Leahy Lays Out 'Broad Support' for Holder
News —
... as Attorney General," Comey wrote. Comey prosecuted Mark Rich, whom whom President Clinton pardoned in 2001 after receiving advice from Holder, the deputy attorney general at the time. Comey also called Holder "a smart, decent, humble man, who knows and loves the Department and has demonstrated his commitment to the rule of law across an entire career." Leahy was critical of Clinton for pardoning Rich in 2001, but he has expressed support for Holder. Republican senators have asked for more documents about Holder's role in the Rich pardon and high-profile federal cases during ...
Perrelli and Schiavo
Political Animal —
PERRELLI AND SCHIAVO.... Republicans on the Hill want to re-litigate the Elian Gonzales affair and the Marc Rich controversy , so it stands to reason that some conservatives still want to talk about the Terry Schiavo matter . Social conservatives and pro-life activists are mobilizing against President-elect Barack Obama's pick Monday for the No. 3 Justice Department job, a lawyer who aided the effort to remove Terry Schiavo's feeding tube during the landmark right-to-die case four years ago. It is unusual for special interest groups to wage a fight over a ...
This Is A Good Thing
Balloon Juice —
... Let me be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, ...
Kick it Root Down
Obsidian Wings —
... me be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, ...
Kick it Root Down
Newshoggers.com —
... Let me be clear. I think this is a good thing. This is healthy. They are debating actual ideas, and there are disagreements, and hopefully they will work them out and come to a healthy endpoint. Maybe the Republicans will pull their heads out of their collective asses and decide that in the wake of the DOW dropping 80,000 points and massive unemployment and five quarters of negative growth there is something more important than capital gains tax cuts, Elian Gonzalez, ...
That '90s Show
Political Animal —
... to the U.S. Constitution. Soon after, during Eric Holder's confirmation process, congressional Republicans focused their energies on Elian Gonzales and Marc Rich. The next thing you'll be telling me is that Senate Republicans are talking up the idea term limits again. ...
