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Congress returns, ready to battle Bush
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Contributor | Servo |
Last Edited | Servo Jul 09, 2007 09:53am |
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Category | News |
Media | Website - Yahoo News |
News Date | Monday, July 9, 2007 03:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Congressmen returning from their Independence Day break are ready for battle with the White House, with Democrats decrying President Bush's commutation of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's prison sentence and fighting Bush's latest claim of executive privilege.
Both events occurred around Congress' vacation, inflaming an intense battle between Democrats and Bush over his use of executive power. There was relatively high tension on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as majority Democrats — and increasing numbers of Republicans — challenged Bush's Iraq war policy. |
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