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...more Republican Senators, most notably John McCain, join the call for Gonzales to resign, many - some stunned, some frustrated, some simply resigned - say they think the White House has weathered the storm. "There's only two people who can make the decision," to remove Gonzales, says Texas Senator John Cornyn: Gonzales himself, and Bush...
...list of ousted U.S. attorneys, asking why they had been fired. Gonzales delivered his well-practiced responses. Sen. Orrin Hatch provided the kind of leading questions that are designed to help a witness dig himself out of hole. Gonzales tentatively took the opportunity. After a mid-morning break Sen. Cornyn, an old colleague of Gonzales' from Texas, was equally deferential...
...eight U.S. attorneys last year reaches into the White House. Republicans, rather than defending Gonzales, are making clear they believe the Administration needs to be much clearer about the role of the White House in firing the eight federal prosecutors. Speaking on a Sunday television talk show, John Cornyn, perhaps the Administration's strongest defender in the Senate, declared, "I've told the Attorney General that I think this has been mishandled, that by giving inaccurate information... at the outset, it's caused a real firestorm, and he better get the facts out fast...
...revelations surrounding the firings. Arlen Specter, the top G.O.P. figure on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has already suggested that Gonzales may be on his way out, and doubts about the Attorney General's performance are now being expressed publicly by stalwart Administration backers such as Sen. John Cornyn of Texas and Rep. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee...
Raising the quota has broad bipartisan support. Last spring, Senator John Cornyn introduced the SKIL bill, which sought to increase the annual quota from 65,000 to 115,000 while making the system more sensitive to market demand. Unfortunately, the bill was coupled with the wider Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, and has been stalled in Congress since last summer. To avoid further delay, Congress should immediately separate the SKIL bill from the broader bill for speedier passage. To do so would benefit foreign skilled workers and American interests alike...