Cover-Up Congress Refuses to Investigate Iraq War Abuses, Says Pelosi

[sabra]

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=56161

Cover-Up Congress Refuses to Investigate Iraq War Abuses, Says Pelosi


WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi introduced a privileged resolution to demand that Republican Congressional leadership conduct a thorough investigation of abuses relating to the Iraq War. The resolution failed by a party line vote, 220 to191, when Republicans unanimously moved to table, or effectively kill, the resolution.

"A vote to table is a vote to cover-up," Pelosi said. "Congress has the responsibility to find out why so many things in Iraq have gone so terribly wrong. That is why I asked the House to investigate abuses relating to Iraq. Yet, Republicans again thwarted efforts to answer the questions of the American people. This Republican cover-up Congress refuses to live up to its oversight responsibility."

"Congress has an obligation to identify and correct the problems that led to the production of flawed intelligence," Pelosi said. "Our troops are at risk until that is done, and yet, there is no sense of urgency to undertake a thorough review of what went wrong. Neither the issue of the quality of the intelligence nor the equally important issue of whether intelligence was politicized, have been investigated by this Congress."

Citing the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, evidence of the Bush Administration's efforts to discredit critics of the Iraq war, prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Guantanamo, and Afghanistan, and the responsibility of Congress to oversee the decisions and actions of other branches of government, Pelosi demanded investigative action by the Republican Congress.

[Rose Siding]

1. "A vote to table is a vote to cover-up"

WOO HOO!!!! :wow:

The Democratic opposition is flexing muscles in BOTH houses.

[sabra]

3. It's a great sight to see :-)

[Alamom]

2. I saw it live. Pelosi was great until they shut her down. n/t

[liveoaktx]

8. VIDEOS of Pelosi and other House Dems speaking up

on CanOFun

Here's Pelosi's Floor Speech

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Thank you liveoaktx!

:hug:

[Nothing Without Hope]

14. I also posted these important videos of yours in a separate thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5256339
thread title {11/3}: ***VIDEOS-The HOUSE Dems take up the fight vs. the COVERUP CONGRESS***

So far, not much reaction from DU, but we'll keep pushing. HEARING and SEEING the GOPs bully and suppress the valiant Dems is much more powerful than reading statements in articles. It gets you viscerally. This is WRONG WRONG WRONG and we must show it to more people. Thank you so much for providing these vitally important videos! :patriot:

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Of course

Pelosi is an awesome leader a long with Reid. You should try to find a video where the democrats scream out "shame" and point fingers at the republicans lead by Pelsoi. They're awesome!

[RethugAssKicker]

4. These damn Rethugs are crooks and liars

What can we do to force them to investigage?

Can the democrats do it themseleves?

[Nothing Without Hope]

16. At least Pelosi forced them to have a recorded Yea vs Nay vote on the

resolution to look into the poor oversight of the out-of-control Bush WH by Congress. Those GOP stooges have to go on record as being OPPOSED to any oversight. That's something.

[Trekologer]

5. The Cover-Up Congress

That is a great name for the current Republican leadership in both houses: "The Cover-Up Congress".

[newyawker99]

17. Hi Trekologer!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Inland]

19. Finally, a halfway decent meme to use!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Go Pelosi!!

All the democrats are doing great and are united!

[goclark]

7. Can they shut the House down too? nt

[electropop]

11. "Cover-up Congress" is a great meme,

along with "Culture of Corruption."

Sounds almost like Nancy and Harry have been talking. Hurray! Now we need them to repeat each other's memes OFTEN, and in concert with a huge number of Dems. Gotta get these points out there.

[Nothing Without Hope]

15. It sure is - we need to get it out there. The deadly FOUR C's:

Culture of Corruption
Cover-up Congress

Let's end the comfortable secrecy of the GOP Congress's enabling of Bush's crimes.

[NNN0LHI]

12. Kicked and Recommended n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

13. ***VIDEOS of statements by Pelosi, Waxman, Obey and Holt***

Don't miss Waxman - he's really blazing!!!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5256339&mesg_id=5256339

The Special Resolution of Pelosi is hard-hitting. Hear it read too - it's at the same link. All the videos there are from Can-o-Fun.

It was heartbreaking to hear the Speaker strong-arm Pelosi and the Dems, denying what seemed to be a perfectly reasonable argument, and tabling the Pelosi Resolution without any future discussion. But at least we have the written and A/V records of this.

Recommended. Looks like the video collection isn't going to make the Greatest Page, but at least I hope this thread will.

[texpatriot2004]

18. kick and recommend. n/t