If this new Congress can get the credit card companies off our backs, it will have been worth electing them.

i smell gridlock,,, a democratic specialty,,,.
america will be watching.

The Democrats used the issue of impeachment to get their foot in the door, so to speak. They won by using this issue and the anger of the American public, and now they won't even consider impeaching Bush.

So, if we can't trust the Democrats to impeach George W, how can we trust them to carry out the reforms you discussed such as doing away with warrantless wiretapping, CIA secret prisons, credit card legislation, etc?

I'll believe it when I see it. I resent being used and betrayed by what used to be my party, and we shall see what the Dems will do. Time will tell. I'm not holding my breath.

Just like a Democrat to allow someone not to own up to their obligations and pay thier bills.

Hopefully the new Congress can dive in an abate credit, pharmaceutical and war profiteering abuses before miring down in politics.

OK OK OK ....so what part of our history tells us that the "new majority" can investigate EVERYTHING the old majority did?

So when the Republicans take over in the future, they can then investigate everything that the Dems did now?

How do we get in contact with some of the new appointees? Particularly, Senator Chris Dodd? Please advise. Thank you.

sounds like a breath of
fresh air to me

whine and hope for past happier,(ie; sans oversight )days all you want republicans,your day wont come back around for awhile.the iraq war shot down in flames your chances for a republican president for the next 2 terms at least.just wait and watch(and whine...)

its downright hilarious really,but as some other poster(s) put it the other day,its really all too pathetically sad(the republican whining that is...) to be grin worthy.

Quit crying over investigations. Republicans had how many investigations on Clinton and for how long and at what cost? Republicans need to have clear proof that they have been corrupt and worry more about convincing voters they are not the scum they are.
Republicans love the Jack Abramoffs and America needs to see just how much influence him and others have had.

So it is time for dems to have a little fun with investigations. Quit crying repubs, at least until we give you something you really need to cry about.

The Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has operated on a bipartisan basis between the Chair and Ranking Member, so it is about the only Senate committee where Senate Democrats have had substantial input to legislation at the committee level.

In fact the current chair, Senator Collins (R-Maine), said she and Senator Lieberman have already agreed on the primary agenda for the committee. Therefore Senate liberals are likely to be disappointed if they are expecting a highly partisan investigation from this committee. However the committee has the capacity and staff to do comprehensive investigations leading to major legislation.

There are one or two impeachment petitions before the Congress -- have been for more than two years. One by Ramsey Clark, and at the very least an intent to impeach by John Conyers, et al. Inasmuch as the GOP had control of both houses at the time, they would not consider the petitions due to party loyalty, though more than enough signatures to impeach had been acquired. Let's wait and see what the Democrats do. Even if they don't impeach, they will --at the very least -- have to honor the petitions. They can't simply ignore them.

How cowardly of the Democrats to promise not to impeach George Bush! Nobody since Nixon has gotten away with so much. The whole wiretapping without the courts permission infuriated and disgusted even his fellow Republicans. He broke the law simply because he felt he was above the law, after all He's The Prezident! and not accountable to anyone. Or so Cheney & Rove told him! Too bad nobody has the guts to impeach him and make Mr. Cheney read the bit in the constitution about checks and balances.

I can say I'm no Republican and I'm no Democrat.. I'm just an American hoping the government can stop being thieves, corrupt and greedy and take a look around at how America is falling apart..
I just want a decent life for myself and my family. I don't care what is going on in other countries, we have our own problems.. I'm tired of it. Our government Dems or Repubs turn their back on their own people.
Their main concern is how good they can take care of corporate America and use the middle class as a stepping tool...
I'm not rich and I never will be. I'm just the one paying my taxes that are used on things I had no say on and trying to scratch out a living until I die..
Until our government is filled with middle class and poor people and we are not governed by the rich. Nothing is EVER going to change in this country.. NOTHING..

Even though the Dems say they don't have any plans to prosecute Bush - Once Congress gets back to exercising oversight, I don't think they can avoid it.

Bush can't pretend to be ignorant about ALL of his crimes - his hubris won't allow him that.

I notice that even though Donald Rum,sfeld has resigned he will be giving the US Air Force a 50 billion dollar "emergency approriation" on November 15 that has gotten no media reporting.
This means that we will increase the air attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan
at the same time we are supposedly looking for a way to "hand over" these operations
to Iraqi and Afghan troops who have no air forces to support them. If US troops are barely able to hang on with 2000 air
support missions per week how do Iraqis have any chance at all?

I can't believe they're finally talking about Halliburton. Dick Cheney holds major stock options in this company. While they're at it, why don't they investigate Bechtel (Caspar Weinberger and George Shultz). How ruthless can anyone be to start and perpetuate a war so someone can make money. Impeachment is not enough. Bush and his whole crew should be tried for treason.

To Lis Jessie and others tired of partisan bickering...want to make a difference? A REAL difference? Research the man now and what he stands for, then support Barack Obama for President in 2008. He's our best hope for bringing this country back to the middle-ground instead of being run by idealogues and whiners.

If all the gleeful dem posters here say comes true, then America will really be screwed. Most of the mess in the MidEast can be laid at Clinton's ineffective presidential door.W has messed up in that he actually believed, it would be far easier than it's proving, to bring liberation and democracy to Iraq. The Iranians and Syrians, Hamas & Hizb'Allah don't want democracy, but rather religious theocracy, and are thus thwarting it by aiding and abetting insurgency. If any administration has to govern by plebiscite or always trying to determine not only which way the wind blows now, but which way it may blow in future, nothing would ever get done that's of any effect.

First good reason not to impeach Bush ... Cheney would be president

It's not worth the time ..much better to hold accountability hearings and see what money can be recovered from the war profiteers ..
Also, get health care, veteran benefits, trade agreements, tax relief for the middle class, and more tax burden on Paris Hilton and her ilk, get stuff done ... and in the spare time, if the oversight hearings turn up any really good info, then impeach Bush and Chaney together

I hope America is Waking Up and holding politicians responsible for what it is we are paying them for Otherwise its time for another Boston tea party. If our government was a private company we would have fired them all a long time ago...We should be ashamed of the way we have allowed so much abuse of power on both sides.If politicians were paid minimum wage either the minimum wage would be higher or only people who were true public servants would be politicians. Right now all policy is to benefit the few who use our tax dollars to push their agendas. Simple effective war profiteering strategy (divide and conquer)keeps the majority of people fighting over private issues of choice which our country was built on (freedom) while they clean out our bank accounts. 25% to 30% of what you work so hard for is irresponsibly wasted while politicians continue pushing their personal agendas.Why do politicians have better pay and benefits then the people who pay their salaries? Why dont we have a tax system that allows each of us to personally choose what percentage of our individual taxes we want to go to things that are important to us individually like defense, education,health, ecomomic growth and have politians focus on providing the services we pay for that supports what we are promised in the constitution that our brave service men and women are dying for "life, liberty and happiness. Come on folks there has got to be a better way....

"The credit card industry is also very nervous." Good! That shows that the Democrats are more on the side of the common people than the Repiglicans. No one is perfect, Lo2E etc., but it is better now.