Feingold Proposes Bush Censure Over Spying
Only one president in U.S. history has been censured--Andrew Jackson in 1834. But Russ Feingold says that this president "must be held accountable."AP
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WASHINGTON – A liberal Democrat and potential White House contender is proposing censuring President Bush for authorizing domestic eavesdropping, saying the White House misled Americans about its legality.
“The president has broken the law and, in some way, he must be held accountable,” Sen. Russ Feingold (news, bio, voting record), D-Wis., told The Associated Press in an interview.
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