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To: pete who wrote (32635)	2/23/2002 11:46:18 AM
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Congressional Arm Sues Cheney To Learn About Energy Task Force Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Congressional investigators on Friday sued Vice President Dick Cheney in an effort to determine which business executives met with President Bush's energy task force. The General Accounting Office wants to require the administration to identify the executives -- including some from now-collapsed Enron Corp. -- who met with last year with the task force while a national energy policy was being developed. But Mr. Bush has refused to hand over the documents, saying to do so would encroach on his ability to get outside views. The White House also argues that the GAO has overstepped its authority by asking the vice president for information on the task force. The GAO , Congress's investigative unit, says oversight of energy policy and investigation of Enron, the Houston-based energy trading company, are "important institutional prerogatives" of Congress. Enron was the largest single corporate benefactor of Mr. Bush's political career. The dispute began last April but gained political traction once Enron entered into bankruptcy on Dec. 2 amid a storm of controversy over its accounting practices and executive decision-making. The lawsuit names only Mr. Cheney as defendant, but both as vice president and as chairman of Mr. Bush's energy task force. It was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington. Copyright © 2002 Associated Press Updated February 22, 2002 3:11 p.m. EST