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...they weren't in the pocket of the boys from Houston and are really working hard to get to the bottom of the Enron mess, hearings on Capital Hill began today. Joe Lieberman, positioning himself for 2004 from the big chair at the Governmental Affairs Committee, is running the Democratic show in the Senate. He'll be trying to stay centrist with fellow Democrat Carl Levin on his left and Fred Thompson on his right - and $11,500 from Arthur Andersen and $2,000 from Enron since 1989 in his pocket. In the House, the Republicans are eager to show...
...last spring if a congressional committee requested them. Bush spokesman Dan Bartlett predicted that those papers, if released, would provide no evidence of a smoking quid pro quo between the Administration and Enron. "News flash," dry-quipped Bartlett. "We want to increase domestic natural-gas production. Tell me what Democrat doesn...
...least two high-ranking congressional Democrats are not happy about the Transportation Secretary's decision to accept these pared-down security plans. House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Jim Oberstar, lead Democrat on the House Transportation Committee are calling the bag-matching measure an "Achilles heel" in the security system...
...separately, the corporate records of Enron and Arthur Andersen. The subpoenas, covering the period from 1999 through 2001, are aimed at learning "what the officers knew and what they did about it," said a committee official. The first hearing this year is scheduled for Jan. 24, headed by Connecticut Democrat Joe Lieberman. The first appearance of Enron chairman Lay is scheduled for Feb. 4 before the Senate Commerce Committee...
...John Ashcroft, whose Justice Department launched its criminal investigation Thursday into Enron's fall - and the remarkable foresight of its top executives in parachuting out early and rich - recused himself and his chief of staff from the probe, just as designated attack Democrat Henry Waxman was dashing off a letter reminding Ashcroft that he'd received $25,000 from Enronites for a Senate re-election campaign. The exodus may not stop there; Bush SEC chairman Harvey Pitt once did some work for Arthur Andersen, the blind (and document-shredding) accounting watchdog in the drama, and could be next to eagerly...