This is how they wield power

I knew John Conyers would run into roadblocks when he announced his Downing Street hearings. The very next day Sensenbrenner threw his Patriot Act tantrum and shut off the mikes on Democratic witnesses. Today, majority staff for the House Judiciary Committee announced a new policy to deny any request from a committee Democrat for the use of a committee hearing room. Cute, huh?

Sean McLauglin, Sensenbrenner's deputy chief of staff, expressed himself thusly in a note to a minority staffer: “I’m sitting here watching your ‘forum’ on C-SPAN,” McLaughlin wrote. “Just to let you know, it was your last. Don’t bother asking [for a room] again.”

Conyers is moving his Thursday forum to the DNC at this writing, though many would prefer to see it unfold in a more bipartisan locale - say, on the Capitol steps, or on the Mall with thousands of cheering witnesses.

Next task is to ensure coverage for the event. Let's drop a note or two, shall we?

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See you at the hearing.
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UPDATE: C-Span will be there, and there is unconfirmed news that Sensenbrenner is backing down and letting Conyers hold the event on Capitol Hill.

Thursday, June 16
Democratic Members of House Judiciary Cmte. Hearing on Downing St. Memo and Iraq War
On C-SPAN3 at 2:30pm ET