July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says he's prepared to go to court if President George W. Bush and his administration continue to resist subpoenas for information on the firing of federal prosecutors.

``If they don't cooperate, yes I'd go that far,'' Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, said today on NBC's ``Meet the Press'' program when asked whether he would seek a congressional vote on contempt citations if Bush refuses to comply with the requests for documents. Leahy is head of the Senate panel investigating the administration's firings of U.S. attorneys.

Should lawmakers seek to hold the Bush administration in contempt of Congress, it could move the dispute to the courts and spur a constitutional showdown between Bush and the Democratic-led Congress. Leahy said today that he hopes this can be avoided.

``I've been here for six administrations, Democratic and Republican,'' he said. ``They've always found a way to work out and get the information Congress is entitled to.''

The attitude at the current White House is that ``they are above the law,'' Leahy said. ``The president and vice president aren't above the law any more than you and I are.''

Lawmakers in the Senate and the House of Representatives are trying to determine whether the Bush administration's firing of eight U.S. attorneys was carried out for improper political motives, such as to stymie probes of Republicans or prompt investigations of Democrats.
Bloomberg.com: Politics

LOL.....why not just pull a Sandy Berger and ram the documents down somebodys pants; worked for Clinton.:wtf:

Have a good one!:s4:
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