Word: obstructionism
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Cantor says he knows he can't block everything coming through - otherwise the GOP risks being labeled the party of obstruction. (Just look at the Republicans' four-decade stint in Siberia after they tried to block much of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.) But he also won't simply...
He was arrested on a second-degree murder charge and has yet to issue a public statement. Seven other disciples, including Shane Foster, were arrested on obstruction of justice charges mainly because, Strain says, their role was limited to trying to sanitize the crime scene. "I firmly believe, and my...
As Illinois lawmakers debate the likely impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich - who has repeatedly ignored calls for his resignation - the country has another impeachment on its mind: ten years ago Dec. 19, President Clinton was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives for obstruction of justice in a trial related...
It remains to be seen whether Wilkerson’s narrative will end where former Detroit Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick’s hubris-fueled collapse did: in the penitentiary. Last month, Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to eight felony charges of obstruction of justice after his lackadaisical attempt to snuff out...
In September 2007, the jury voted in favor of the officers and awarded them $6.5 million. Though he vowed to appeal the verdict, Kilpatrick eventually brokered a secret deal that awarded the officers $8.4 million in public money in exchange for their silence about the extramarital affair. Four months later...