Support for Alberto Gonzales sank further Thursday as Democrats proposed a no-confidence vote, a fifth GOP senator urged his resignation and another Republican predicted he won't survive a congressional investigation. The White House shrugged off the vote idea, but GOP officials privately admitted Republicans were still reeling from testimony that Gonzales, as White House counsel, had pressed AG John Ashcroft to certify the legality of Bush's eavesdropping program while Ashcroft was in intensive care.
May 18, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sank further Thursday as Democrats proposed a no-confidence vote, a fifth GOP senator called for his resignation and yet another Republican predicted he won’t survive a congressional investigation.
The White House shrugged off the no-confidence idea as merely symbolic, and President Bush continued to stand by his embattled friend.
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