Wash Post: Gonzales illegally lied to Congress AGAIN
by John Aravosis (DC) · 7/10/2007 02:41:00 PM ET
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It's time the Congress did something final about Alberto Gonzales, our chief law enforcement officer who has repeatedly broken the law. It's a crime to lie to Congress. A crime Gonzales has committed repeatedly.

There's a reason that Democratic voters aren't happy with Democrats in Congress. We feel as if Democrats in Congress are missing opportunities. Gonzales' crimes are one such opportunity. Rather than have another hearing, or issue another statement calling on him to resign, why not do something about it? Appropriations season is coming up. Cut off all funds to Gonzales' office, or at least his salary. The GOP may filibuster the bill, let them. If it's filibustered, it dies, and so does Gonzales' salary. If the bill passes the Congress, Bush will threaten a veto. Let him. You control the appropriations, not Bush. If he vetoes the bill, we win, Gonzales still gets nothing.

Now, Bush will claim that we're hurting the war on terror by stopping the DOJ from getting its funding. Let him. You will give DOJ all the funding it needs, you simply won't give it Gonzales' salary, because he's a criminal. If Bush wants a massive showdown over the fact that he is insisting in keeping a criminal as the head of the Justice Department, we as Democrats should welcome that battle.

The reason Democratic voters are upset with Democrats in Congress is because we sometimes fear that you don't have backbone. Gonzales latest stint of criminally lying to Congress gives Democrats in Congress the opportunity they need to actually do something about a situation that needs some serious doing.

Don't just hold hearings and issue statements, don't just threaten and then back down at the last moment. Do something.