Senate to Pass Prosecutor Bill

By John Stanton
Roll Call Staff

March 20, 2007, 12 a.m.

The Senate is poised to pass legislation today stripping President Bush’s authority to appoint interim U.S. attorneys, and Democrats already have begun using the scandal over the firing of eight prosecutors last year in fundraising letters and as a political tool, while the GOP struggles to find an effective counter message.

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