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To: tonto who wrote (6676)	5/23/2006 12:56:08 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

Frist and Hastert are complaining about the search. cnn.com Both Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and House Speaker Dennis Hastert said they were "very concerned" about the search, which was conducted under a warrant issued by a federal judge. Jefferson told reporters Monday, "I believe that it's completely inappropriate to use the police of the federal government to come into the office." Hastert issued a sharply worded statement Monday evening saying he planned to "seek a means to restore the delicate balance of power among the branches of government." He did not elaborate on what measures he might propose. "Insofar as I am aware, since the founding of our republic 219 years ago, the Justice Department has never found it necessary to do what it did Saturday night, crossing this separation of powers line in order to successfully prosecute corruption by members of Congress," Hastert said. "Nothing I have learned in the last 48 hours leads me to believe that there was any necessity to change the precedent established over those 219 years." Frist said legal experts from both the Senate and House have been discussing "what a proper course of action is." * * *