91 members of Congress call for Rove to explain or resign

[sabra]

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91 members of Congress call for Rove to explain or resign
RAW STORY


A letter put forth by ranking House Judiciary Committee Democrat John Conyers (D-MI) calling on Bush adviser Karl Rove to explain or resign over his role in the outing of a CIA agent has garnered signatures from 91 members of Congress and was issued to President Bush late yesterday, RAW STORY has learned.

The Michigan Democrat had about a dozen or so signatures last week, but that rose dramatically after recent new revelations about Rove's correspondence and conversations with journalists.

The House Democratic leadership, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), did not sign onto the letter. They did, however, issue a letter to Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-IL) asking that relevant House committees schedule hearings on the outing of the covert agent, Valerie Plame Wilson.

"We urge you to direct that committees with jurisdiction over the Plame matter schedule hearings immediately," the House Democratic leaders write. "In previous Republican Congresses the fact that a criminal investigation was underway did not prevent extensive hearings from being held on other, much less significant matters."








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[Bush_Eats_Beef]

1. A kick and a recommendation...EVERYONE needs to see this.

:kick:

[Carolab]

2. Link not working? n/t

[sabra]

3. seems cool here

what are you encountering?

[Carolab]

5. An error message

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/91_members_of_Congress_call_for_Rove_to_explain_or_resi_0715.html

[sabra]

9. do you have a pop up blocker?

At home I have that on my browser which apparently doesn't always work well with RS site...

[Carolab]

12. Yes. That's probably it then. Thanks. n/t

[Paranoid Pessimist]

4. It worked for me n/et

[Tesla]

6. Nominates and kicked!!!!

Come on Senators, we need you!!!

[hamsterjill]

7. I got an error, too, but

it may be due to my popup blocker or some other technical thing that I have no understanding of. But why won't Pelosi and Hoyer sign the letter? It makes the Dem party look as if it's not unified IMHO.

[SaveAmerica]

8. Is that a reference to Clinton hunting season?

"We urge you to direct that committees with jurisdiction over the Plame matter schedule hearings immediately," the House Democratic leaders write. "In previous Republican Congresses the fact that a criminal investigation was underway did not prevent extensive hearings from being held on other, much less significant matters."

[montana_hazeleyes]

19. That's exactly what I thought too nt

[lovuian]

10. Only 91 ??? There should be more on here for the Lie

of WMD in IRAQ!!!

[Tuttle]

11. Link not working for me either

404

Tut-tut

[stray cat]

13. Are they only democrats or did some repubs take a stand?

[Doctor_J]

14. Way too tame, IMO

Leon Panetta would have been in jail three days after the leak happened. The man committed TREASON for god's sake. I would skip the calls for resignation altogether, and start calling for more expiditious prosecution.

[indepat]

15. Gee, that's a number even close to half the Dems: wow!

[Roland99]

16. Missing a few hundred

:(

[Barrett808]

17. The link is broken from the Raw Story front page

Hope they fix it soon.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. E-mail from the Honorable Mr. Conyers

Dear Friend,

July 23rd is the 3-year anniversary of the drafting of the Downing Street Minutes. I am organizing a series of house parties on this date throughout the country in order to broaden public understanding of how Karl Rove and the Bush Administration have manipulated intelligence, deceived the American people, and misled our nation into war.

Given that we learned in the past few days that Karl Rove served as a source for Robert Novak in his column outing Ms. Plame, it is becoming increasingly clear that we need to learn not only what and why Rove told the press, but what the president knew and when he knew it. If Rove is willing to spin this issue with the press, as today's New York Times story appears to show, he ought to be willing to come clean with the American people.

Today, 91 of my Democratic colleagues joined me in a letter to the President , demanding that Rove either explain his role in the outing of Valerie Plame or that he resign. I was also joined by 12 Democratic Members of the Judiciary Committee asking Chairman Sensenbrenner for hearings on the growing scandal. I believe these hearings will help illustrate how Rovegate is a part of the puzzle of the ongoing Iraq War deception.

Our country is slowing beginning to confront the truth about the about the Bush Administration's deceitful rush to war in Iraq. This has only happened because of people like you are determined to make a difference by getting personally involved. Over 560,000 people to date have signed our Downing Street Minutes letter to the president . Through this effort, and because of the June 16 th hearing I held in the basement of the Capitol, the mainstream media has been forced to recognize that the American public does care about how we ended up in Iraq.

The house parties I have organized for next weekend provide a platform for people to come together and express their strong opposition to the Bush Administration's conduct of war. Please join us at a house party near you. If you can host a party, click here to sign up. We will provide media kits and other materials to assist with the event. If you would rather attend an event, click here.

I will be conducting a special conference call for house party hosts featuring Ambassador Joe Wilson and Randi Rhodes as my special guests.

Additionally, I would to keep in touch with you through news updates and additional action items. If you would like for me to keep you updated on events here in Washington, sign up for my email updates .

Thank you again for your help and support.

Sincerely,


Congressman John Conyers, Jr.

[VegasWolf]

20. Good start! Waiting for more than a letter to brain-dead. nt

[Tigress DEM]

21. Conyers AGAIN!!!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[dArKeR]

22. How can aWol get to the bottom of terrorism when he can't even get to the

bottom of this simple matter within his own house?

[jazzjunkysue]

23. I heard Conyers live on Randi today. He loved her. He said she had

put together the most concise summary of the major Iraq scandals he had ever heard. He asked on air that she send him a recording of esactly what she just said to him. He talked about this letter and said he'd want to get back on her show again next week to discuss the results of it. I think he knows something is going to happen.

At some point, The Boy King is going to take all this personally and decide he's sick of being hated. He's getting so much pressure, he's going to burst and screw up big time on camera. Remember the famous photo of Bush's daughter sticking her tongue out at the reporters from inside the limo? He's going to do something really stupid on microphone. I just know it.

[UrbScotty]

24. Go Conyers!

:woohoo: