Vote on Gonzales marks juncture in probe

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The next step for the inquiry of the U.S. attorney firings is unclear as the Senate takes up a no-confidence motion, which Tony Snow calls 'purely a symbolic act.'
By Richard B. Schmitt, Times Staff Writer
June 11, 2007


WASHINGTON — By his own admission, he may have misled the public in describing his role in firing eight U.S. attorneys.

A top aide probably violated civil service laws by injecting politics into the hiring of career prosecutors at the Justice Department.

And his bedside manner leaves something to be desired.

But Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales is nonetheless expected to survive today when the Senate takes up a no-confidence vote on his performance.

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