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News or commentary?
Dems wield oversight cudgel on Bush administration
By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Writer
July 30, 2008

WASHINGTON - Across Capitol Hill, Democratic-led committees are considering punishments for past and present Bush administration officials for a range of alleged misdeeds, from discriminating against liberals at the Justice Department to blowing off subpoenas and lying to Congress.

The proceedings on Wednesday are the latest congressional review of the White House, a constitutionally mandated power that majority Democrats relish. But three months out from Election Day, a lame-duck Congress conducting oversight of a lame-duck White House produces mostly talk. There's little time and less willingness to spend the remaining five weeks of the congressional session doing more than holding televised hearings to try to convince voters that President Bush has abused the powers of his office.
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The story goes on with no support, whether in the form of quotes or even analysis of conduct and practices, for Kellman's claim that congressional review of the White House was being conducted with "relish" or that such practices amount to wielding a cudgel.
Nice "reporting", Ms. Kellman.