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Subpoenas at the ready, Democrats press the White House to allow Rove, top aides to testify« Thread Started on Mar 24, 2007, 5:59pm » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Subpoenas at the ready, Democrats press the White House to allow Rove, top aides to testifyBy JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Associated Press Writer read at source> http://www.examiner-enterprise.com/arti ... WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats are pressing President Bush to allow his political guru Karl Rove and other top aides to answer questions under oath about the firing of federal prosecutors.The brokering has already begun. Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania floated a compromise with Bush's counsel Fred Fielding, even as both sides publicly ratcheted up the standoff. The White House said Fielding would pass the proposal to Bush.A Senate panel joined the House on Thursday in authorizing subpoenas for the aides, and the White House insisted it would fight attempts to compel Rove and others to appear on camera, testifying under oath.It was the latest chapter in an unfolding drama pitting Democrats, who have promised to use their congressional majority to end the Iraq war and scrutinize the Bush administration, against a president who is battling to protect his prerogatives and exert his influence.A compromise could avert a full-blown legal confrontation and prolonged court battle.Neither Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont nor Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the Democratic chairmen of the judiciary panels, appeared in any rush to issue the subpoenas."I'll issue them when we're ready," Leahy said Thursday night, adding that he wants to see more documents and await the outcome of a hearing on the matter next week.Democrats said their action gave them a bargaining chip in negotiations with Bush. The White House has said the aides would provide only limited interviews with select lawmakers behind closed doors, without a transcript and not under oath."We all would like them to negotiate," Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.In letters to Fielding on Thursday, House and Senate Judiciary Democrats said they couldn't accept Bush's conditions.Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, fighting for his job amid the furor over the fired prosecutors, promised to cooperate with Congress in the inquiry. "I'm not going to resign," he told reporters Thursday after an event in St. Louis.Rep. Paul Gillmor, R-Ohio, said Gonzales has become a "lightning rod" for criticism and joined GOP lawmakers who want him out. "It would be better for the president and the department if the attorney general were to step down," Gillmor said.Members of both parties want to know why the Justice Department fired eight well-regarded U.S. attorneys over the winter; whether politicians pressured the prosecutors to rush corruption cases; and whether the firings were punishment for the prosecutors' balking at Bush administration priorities.The Senate panel voted to approve subpoenas for Rove, former White House counsel Harriet Miers and her former deputy, William Kelley. The House authorized similar subpoenas a day earlier.
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