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Democrats 'have a little list' of investigations
US political scene: Democrats 'have a little list' of investigations - by Alex Massie
The Democrats' takeover of the House of Representatives will give the party more power on Capitol Hill than it has enjoyed since 1994, including control of powerful committees, responsibilities for the federal budget and the opportunity to investigate the White House. That raises the prospect of what conservatives fear will be a "blizzard of subpoenas" being issued. "As the Lord High Executioner said in The Mikado, 'I have a little list'," John Dingell, the veteran Michigan Democrat, said recently. Mr Dingell, who was first elected to Congress in 1955, earned a reputation as an aggressive chairman of the Commerce Committee during Ronald Reagans's administration. It is a role he intends to play again.
Mr Dingell has announced that he plans investigations into everything from the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina to energy policy by way of environmental policy, the Food and Drug Administration, port security, nuclear waste management and trade policy. But senior Democrats have pledged not to launch impeachment proceedings or vote to withdraw funding from the US military's mission in Iraq. EU-Digest: hopefully the Democrats will also investigate the torturing of US prisoners of war in foreign countries, including Europe; the effectiveness of the Guantanamo prison,etc.
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