The Year in Oversight
by Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium: Sun., Dec 23, 2007
Filed under: War Making and Oversight • Congressional Oversight • House Oversight Committee Reports • House Judiciary Committee Reports
The good, the bad and the ugly of the Democratic Congress’ year of trying to gavel the Bush administration into order.
By Brian Beutler
The Media Consortium
As the year draws to a close, it will be tempting for pundits—liberal and otherwise—to despair at the Democrats’ inability to wield their new congressional leadership to affect real and swift change in the country. After all, the war in Iraq not only continues, but 2007 was its deadliest year. FISA presents a greater danger to American civil liberties today than it did when the Democrats took their gavels in January. And the radiant vision of Karl Rove being escorted down Pennsylvania Avenue to jail never came to pass. Read the full report…
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