Did the hen house decided the fox will investigate who stole the egg?
I think I understand everything except why they turned this over to DoJ?
Isn't DoJ still covering up Republican crimes?
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CREW: That Coconut Road Investigation Is Going Nowhere
By Paul Kiel - April 17, 2008, 5:56PM -
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/crew_that_coconut_road_investi.phpAll that bother today will amount to a whole lot of nothing, says Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington's Executive Director Melanie Sloan:
"Clearly, something went seriously awry before the 2005 highway funding bill was sent to the president. The question now is the best way to find out how and why this occurred. It certainly appears as if Don Young (R-AK) snuck in the earmark in exchange for campaign contributions from Florida developer Daniel Aronoff. ......
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Senate Historian: Coconut Road Amendment Unprecedented
By Paul Kiel - April 17, 2008, 5:42PM -
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/senate_historian_coconut_road.phpSo the Senate has voted to require the Justice Department to investigate how Rep. Don Young's (R-AK) earmark came to be changed after the bill passed both houses of Congress. .......
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Pelosi: Let's Get The House Ethics Committee on The Case!
By Paul Kiel - April 17, 2008, 4:50PM -
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/pelosi_lets_get_the_house_ethi.phpSo now the Senate has agreed on an amendment that will require the Justice Department to investigate Rep. Don Young's (R-AK) Coconut Road earmark.
But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaking earlier today said that she thinks the House ethics committee ought to get on the case. ......
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Senate Votes to Call for Justice Department to Investigate Coconut Road Earmark
By Paul Kiel - April 17, 2008, 3:54PM -
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/04/senate_votes_to_call_for_justi.phpSen. Barbara Boxer's (D-CA) amendment just passed by a margin of 63 to 29. Virtually all Senate Democrats supported the measure, helped by a good number of Republicans.
The amendment requires a review by the Department of Justice into the allegations of impropriety regarding Rep. Don Young's (R-AK) Coconut Road earmark and an investigation into whether the change broke the law. .....