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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Sully- who wrote (692465)	7/18/2005 10:55:03 AM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Yet? Where have you been? It is fact. : Congress sues White House over Enron Vice President Dick Cheney responding to Enron questions on US television Vice President Dick Cheney wants to face down Congressional investigators In a historic move the watchdog of the United States Congress has decided to take the White House to court. The General Accounting Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress, hopes that it can force Vice President Dick Cheney to give details of his contacts with failed energy giant Enron and others. GAO investigation Who was present at each meeting of the energy task force? What are the names of the professional staff assigned to the task force? Who did the task force members meet, and why and when? What direct and indirect costs were incurred in developing the National Energy Policy? The White House has refused to hand over records of the government's energy task force, headed by Mr Cheney, arguing that this would stop the administration from getting candid advice from outside experts. The GAO investigation is quite separate from official inquiries into the collapse of Enron over debt and accounting irregularities, and began as long ago as April 2001. But interest in the documents has increased as nine Congress inquiries are probing Enron's business practices, the failure of government regulation, and whether the company exercised undue influence over government policy. In a letter to the White House, Comptroller General David Walker said he "would have strongly preferred to avoid litigation in connection with this matter", but would now file suit in a US District Court. "This will be the first time that GAO has filed suit to enforce our access rights against a federal official. We hope it is the last time that we will have to do so", Mr Walker wrote. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said the government was confident it would win the court case. news.bbc.co.uk

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