DOJ Subpoenas Doolittle’s Records, Renewing Constitutional Debate

• Sept. 28, 2007, 11:04 a.m.

The Justice Department has subpoenaed 11 years of legislative records from Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) as part of its Jack Abramoff bribery investigation, potentially sparking the second fight in as many years between lawmakers and the executive branch over the meaning of the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause.