Lamar Smith In The News
August 29, 2008 Smith joins push for more drilling
In an effort to open up more oil and gas drilling in America and work to find solutions for alternative energy, Republicans are pushing Democrats to come back from a five-week congressional break and vote on the American Energy Act. U.S.
Source: Kerrville Daily Times
August 27, 2008 Police programs eye alternative energy
Local police officials, Rep. Lamar Smith and Mayor Will Wynn hashed out ideas on the use of alternative energy sources and resource conservation in law enforcement programs Tuesday. Wynn said the city's fleet management program has reviewed the use
Source: The Daily Texan
August 21, 2008 SMITH: Illegals and the coffers
It is a formula for the failure of America's retirement system. Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee.
August 10, 2008 US acts to open borders to foreigners with HIV
Leading the opposition was US Rep. Lamar Smith of San Antonio, the top Republican in the House Judiciary Committee. He sent a missive to his colleagues ...
August 08, 2008 Bolten, Miers Continue To Resist Congressional Subpoenas
White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet E. Miers Thursday asked a federal judge to delay an order to cooperate with Congress while they appeal the ruling. The court filings indicate that Bolten and Miers will
Source: Free Internet Press
August 07, 2008 Bolten, Miers Ask Judge to Delay Order
But Rep. Lamar Smith (Tex.), ranking Republican on the House Judiciary panel, said the White House "has the right to appeal," and he urged Democrats "to ...
August 06, 2008 The Rumor Mill: Miley, Mattera and Mea Culpas
"Madam Speaker, yesterday the House voted on a motion to censure the gentleman from New York, Mr. Rangel," Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, ...
August 04, 2008 Rep. Lamar Smith: Idiot Extraordinaire
Few are quite so consistently adept at the practice as Texas Rep. Lamar Smith. As ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, the rabidly partisan ...
August 03, 2008 Inside the Beltway
"Madam Speaker, yesterday the House voted on a motion to censure the gentleman from New York, Mr. Rangel," Rep. Lamar Smith, Texas Republican, ...
August 02, 2008 Impeaching Bush never a possibility
Rep. Dan Lungren of California dismissed the event as "impeachment lite," and colleague Lamar Smith of Texas called it "an anger management class" that ...
August 01, 2008 US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed
President George W. Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a long-running dispute between the two political branches of the U.S. government. Congressional Democrats called the ruling a
Source: Taiwan News
August 01, 2008 US judge: White House aides can be subpoenaed
President George W. Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in a long-running dispute between the two political branches of the U.S. government. Congressional Democrats called the ruling a
Source: Taiwan News
July 31, 2008 Federal Judge Rules White House Aides Can Be Subpoenaed
President Bush's top advisers are not immune from congressional subpoenas, a federal judge ruled Thursday in an unprecedented dispute between the two political branches. House Democrats called the ruling a ringing endorsement of the principle that
Source: Free Internet Press
July 31, 2008 U.S. House panels votes to find Rove in contempt
empt for defying a subpoena to testify in its probe into suspected political meddling at the Justice Department. On a party-line vote of 20-14, the Democratic-led House of Representatives Judiciary Co...
Source: Malaysia Sun
July 31, 2008 House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt
WASHINGTON -- A House panel Wednesday voted to cite former top White House aide Karl Rove for contempt of Congress as its Senate counterpart explored punishment for alleged Bush administration misdeeds. Voting 20-14 along party lines, the House
Source: Montgomery Advertiser
July 31, 2008 Federal judge rules Bush's aides can be subpoenaed
"Unfortunately, today's victory may be short-lived," said Rep. Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. ...
July 31, 2008 Federal judge rules Bush's aides can be subpoenaed
The House Judiciary Committee's senior Republican, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, said he was pleased the court ruled in Congress' favor, but he cautioned that ...
July 31, 2008 Federal judge rules Bush's aides can be subpoenaed
"Unfortunately, today's victory may be short-lived," said Rep. Lamar Smith, the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. ...
July 31, 2008 Judge rules Bush aides must obey subpoenas
Representative Lamar Smith of Texas, the senior Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, urged both sides to strike an agreement.
July 31, 2008 Federal judge rules Bush's aides can be subpoenaed
The House Judiciary Committee's senior Republican, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, said he was pleased the court ruled in Congress' favor, but he cautioned that ...
July 31, 2008 Surprise! Enforce law and illegals go.
... or mass deportation,â noted US Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican. âBut there is another and better option and that is to simply enforce current laws. ...
July 30, 2008 One-year ban on fast-food outlets
Rep Lamar Smith of Texas, the committeeâs top Republican, accused Democrats of âconducting witch huntsâ. Instead, he said, âWe should consider bipartisan ...
July 30, 2008 House committee cites Rove for contempt
Ranking Republican committee member Lamar Smith, R-Texas, however, said there was no "credible evidence" to support a contempt citation for Rove, ...
July 30, 2008 Rove Will Face Congressional Inquiry Over Attorney Firings
Not surprisingly, with few alternatives at hand, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the panel, equates the questioning of Rove to 'witch ...
July 30, 2008 The People, the Press, and the Case for Impeachment - Part 2
He began with this: "It seems that we are hosting an anger management class," Republican Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas told his colleagues on the House ...
July 30, 2008 House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt
... we should consider bipartisan legislation to reduce the price of gas, reduce crime and secure the borders,'' said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, ...
July 30, 2008 House panel votes to cite Rove for contempt
... bipartisan legislation to reduce the price of gas, reduce crime and secure the borders,'' said Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the top panel Republican. ...
July 30, 2008 US House panel finds Rove in contempt
It is our duty to respond." Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the committee's top Republican, accused Democrats of "conducting witch hunts. ...
July 30, 2008 House panel votes to find Rove in contempt
Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, the committee's top Republican, accused Democrats of "conducting witch hunts." Instead, he said, "We should consider bipartisan ...
July 30, 2008 Illegal immigration down 11%, report says
Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican and ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said that the report proves that enforcement works. ...
