Howard Berman: “H.R. 580 does only one thing, it restores the checks and balances…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2007

H.R. 580 does only one thing, it restores the checks and balances that, until last year, had long been part of the process for filling vacancies in U.S. Attorneys' offices. The whole goal of this bill is to restore the status quo ante before a sneak attack change on the law utilized in the PATRIOT Act without anyone calling special attention to it, undiscussed by the conferees or by the members of either this House or the other body, change that law to give the executive bench total authority in this particular area.

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Discussing H.R. 580, a bill to restore checks and balances in U.S. Attorneys' offices.

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