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Senate Judiciary Committee To Investigate Bush Exemption Claims

HeadlineMay 04, 2006

Back in the United States, Senate Judiciary Chair Arlen Specter has announced he will hold an oversight hearing into President Bush’s claim to the right to bypass more than 750 laws since he took office. In an interview with the Boston Globe, Specter said: ’’What’s the point of having a statute if … the president can cherry-pick what he likes and what he doesn’t like?” Specter said he intends to call on both Bush administration officials and constitutional scholars to testify.

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