HOUSE REPUBLICAN BLASTS BUSH ADMINISTRATION "STONEWALLING"

"The disdain and uncooperative nature that this administration has
shown toward Congress... is so egregious that I can no longer assume
that it is simply bureaucratic incompetence or isolated mistakes.
Rather, I have come to the sad conclusion that this administration has
intentionally obstructed Congress' rightful and constitutional duties."

That rather damning criticism comes not from a liberal opponent of the
Bush Administration, but from one of its most right-wing supporters in
Congress, California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher.

"This administration is setting a terrible precedent. What people have
to understand... is when there is a liberal Democrat in the White
House, the President will have set [the precedent] that Members of
Congress can simply be dismissed, and that when they are trying to do a
congressional investigation need not be cooperated with, in fact, can be
obstructed. Is that the type of President that we want? Is that
acceptable? It shouldn't be acceptable to Democrats and it shouldn't be
acceptable to Republicans," he said on the House floor on February 26.

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Rep. Rohrabacher described a series of incidents in which the Bush
Administration blocked congressional initiatives or failed to meet his
expectations.  Some of the offenses described, like the failure to
administer a polygraph to former national security advisor Samuel R.
Berger concerning his theft of documents from the National Archives,
seem idiosyncratic or otherwise questionable.  But the Congressman's
outrage appears genuine enough.

"It is truly with a heavy heart, Madam Speaker, that I stand here
reciting example after example of the maliciousness and condescending
attitude exhibited by this administration. It is a problem that's
flowing from the top."

"When I hear my friends on the other side of the aisle accusing this
administration of stonewalling, of coverups, or thwarting
investigations, I sadly must concur with them," Rep. Rohrabacher
concluded.

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