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 Stories About: George Bush AND legislation AND Muckraker AND news AND politics AND US EPA
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White House covers Johnson
Bush invokes executive privilege to shield EPA administrator from subpoena |
Kate Sheppard |
20 Jun 2008 |
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| The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was set to vote today to hold U.S. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and Susan Dudley of the White House Office of Management and Budget in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to recent controversial decisions on smog and California's request for an emissions waiver. But it appears their friend in the White House swooped in this morning to block the committee's subpoenas for those docum ... |
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| Topics: George Bush, legislation, Muckraker, news, politics, US EPA (all these topics) |
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