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Thread #100150   Message #2005349
Posted By: Azizi
23-Mar-07 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: US Congress has no oversight power??!
Subject: RE: BS: US Congress has no oversight power??!
Kendall, I just checked those links and they lead to videos for me.

I'm not certain why they don't [didn't] work for you.

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Here's more online reporting and commentary about Snow's statement that Congress doesn't have oversight over the White House:

First, I'll provide a link to an excerpt of the March 22, 2007 White House Press briefing by White House Press Secretary Tony Snow:

http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-21712.html

"MR. SNOW: There are -- in this particular case, the Department of Justice -- the Congress does have legitimate oversight responsibility for the Department of Justice. It created the Department of Justice. It does not have constitutional oversight responsibility over the White House, which is why by our reaching out, we're doing something that we're not compelled to do by the Constitution, but we think common sense suggests that we ought to get the whole story out, which is what we're doing."


-snip-

And here are some links to commentary about Snow's statement on morning news television shows and in his press conference:
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http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/002849.php

and

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/03/22/tony-snow-congress-does_n_44055.html

and

http://www.newshounds.us/2007/03/22/snow_tells_fox_morning_show_congress_has_no_oversight_over_white_house.php

Here's an excerpt from that last hyperlinked page:

Snow Tells Fox Morning Show: Congress Has No Oversight Over White House
Reported by Judy - March 22, 2007 - 275 comments

"Beating back the firestorm over the firing of eight U.S. attorneys, allegedly for prosecuting too many Republicans and not enough Democrats, must be high on the White House agenda because the Fox News morning show devoted a big chunk of its first hour to reinforcing GOP talking points. With videos.

The most striking part of the more than 10 minutes of coverage came when White House spokesman and former Fox News employee Tony Snow claimed, "Congress doesn't have any legitimate oversight responsibility on the White House."

No oversight of the White House? Congress has no right to check the president's actions? What a surprise to the framers of the Constitution that would be!"...