Democratic leaders are preparing to launch the second session of the 110th Congress this week with a partisan shot, hints of conciliation and some serious procrastination.
In its first couple of weeks after it returns tomorrow, the House is likely to take up contempt-of-Congress resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers for their refusal to appear before Congress for questioning about the 2006 removal of nine U.S. attorneys, Democratic leadership aides said.
In the Senate, which is not scheduled to return until Jan. 22, Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) has made it clear that he is likely to seek at least a one-month delay in considering changes to the law governing surveillance in terrorism and intelligence cases. The White House is pushing hard to grant immunity to telecommunications companies that assisted government surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. More on the story.
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