House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, May 21, 2009, during her meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, not shown. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)From Yahoo News:
WASHINGTON – House Democrats on Thursday defeated a Republican push to investigate House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's assertion that the CIA misled her in 2002 about whether waterboarding had been used against terrorism suspects.
Republicans Ron Paul of Texas and Walter Jones of North Carolina joined Democrats in voting 252-172 to block the measure, which would have created a bipartisan congressional panel. Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, sponsored the resolution.
"This is partisan politics and an attempt by the Republicans to distract from the real issue of creating jobs and making progress on health care, energy and education," said Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami.
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My Comment: Let me get this straight. The House Speaker accuses the CIA of lying and misleading Congress .... and there is no investigation?!?!?! The premier U.S. intelligence agency that provides critical information and intelligence to our elected leaders has been accused of lying .... but there is going to be no investigation. No committee hearings. No witnesses .... nothing.
As usual .... Congress makes me speechless.
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