So, what about those subpoenas issued to Cheney?

[BlueStater]

It's been well over a week since they rejected them and the Dems have been strangely silent about it...again.

[babylonsister]

1. Dems weren't talking last week; they were on vacation. Maybe we'll

hear something this week. Or not.

[Ghost in the Machine]

2. Did you expect anything different?

Darth Cheney is above the law... didn't you get the memo?

[Disturbed]

5. Subpoenas from Congress will become meaningless unless

they are followed through with action.

Has Gonzo complied with his Subpoena from three weeks ago to produce E-mails?

Will Ms Rice comply with her Subpoena?

Will Congress use the Fed. Marshals to arrest those that refuse to comply with Subpoenas?

If Congress does not act they might as well stop issuing Subpoenas.

[Ghost in the Machine]

7. I'm really torn on this issue right now.. torn between believing that we

have members of Congress on our side or believing that the investigations and subpoenas are just another backdrop to the illusion of Democracy and non complicity, until the illusion is no longer needed.

[LiberalFighter]

3. If he refuses to submit to the subpoenas then he should be refused...

entrance to the Senate. And lock up his office space in the Senate so that he and his staff can't use it.

[ck4829]

4. But Cheney isn't a part of the Executive Branch

He can't claim Executive Privilege then. Either way, it's time to charge him with Contempt of Congress.

[IDemo]

8. Mobius Dick of the Splinter Branch claims all of the rights, none of the responsibility

He's the boss's son and pit bull, rolled into one.

[MADem]

6. Well, it's the weekend after a major holiday...what are you expecting? An after-church presser?

You know many legislators stayed over in their districts to do some constituent bonding after they marched in parades and so forth...

As for those subpoenas, those brown stains on them are exactly what we suspected they are...they let us know what Dick did with them. There was some discussion on the morning talk shows, but nothing definitive as yet.

Of course, the Libby pardon only served to piss off Judiciary chair Leahy, and another Patrick--Fitzgerald--may hold the key: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/sunday-sampler-platter-12/

Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was even more blunt. Appearing on CNN’s “Late Edition,” he said, the commutation was “a blatant way of guaranteeing that Scooter Libby would not talk about the things that were done,” and added, “His silence has been bought and paid for.

”Senator Charles Schumer of New York, a Judiciary Committee member, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that he had talked to Mr. Leahy on Saturday about possibly asking Patrick Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the Libby case, to appear before the committee. Mr. Fitzgerald, too, has complained about the commutation....Asked about that, Mr. Leahy said that he had hoped first to speak to the ranking Republican on the panel, Senator Arlen Specter, before proceeding. “If he has no objection to Mr. Fitzgerald coming forward, I think you may very well see Mr. Fitzgerald,” he said. Mr. Specter, who also appeared on “Late Edition,” registered no such objection....While Mr. Fitzgerald is barred from discussing grand jury proceedings, he presumably could talk about other matters – such as his interviews with Mr. Bush and Vice President Cheney.

[Generic Brad]

9. Didn't he have until July 9th to respond?

Tomorrow is July 9th.