Posts tagged with 'Bolton'

GOP Walks Out on Contempt Vote

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, FEBRUARY 14 2008 02:49 PM | PERMALINK

After eight years of sitting still, it turns out that Republicans do know how to get up and move. Today, they walked out of the House's vote to hold Josh Bolton and Harriet Miers in contempt over the firing of US Attorney Generals. From the Hill:

House Republicans Thursday left the chamber ahead of a vote seeking to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel investigating the firing of...
Karl in Contempt!

POSTED BY RALEIGH-ELIZABETH SMITH, DECEMBER 13 2007 05:31 PM | PERMALINK

The Politico's got the early buzz... Karl Rove and White House chief of staff Josh Bolton are *almost* in contempt of Congress. The vote was approved earlier today by the House and was then met its necessary approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee. By a 12:7 vote, the resolution will now go to the full Senate floor.
TPMtv: No Nukes For You!

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, DECEMBER 11 2007 06:06 PM | PERMALINK

No Nukes For You!

Are you an Iran war hawk dismayed by the recent National Intelligence Estimate revealing that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003? Don't be sad. Now you can take a trip down saber-rattling lane with this wistful recap of some of the rhetorical highlights of those heady pre-NIE days.
TPMtv: Pleasure Reading

POSTED BY BEN CRAW, NOVEMBER 13 2007 11:28 AM | PERMALINK

Pleasure Reading

Remember John Bolton? The neocon installed at the State Department to keep Colin Powell under control and then later given a recess appointment to be US Ambassador. I could give you a list of particulars but suffice it to say that Bolton was a key factor in basically all the Bush White House's most disastrous decisions and he's still got the Iran war coming up. Now he's back on the airwaves with a new book and the ear of a certain Republican presidential candidate who's running on his...