Stan in USA Today re Leg. Pressure on Gonzalez

"They didn't want to keep getting beaten over the head with this story every night on the nightly news," said Stanley Brand, the House general counsel at the time.

The Environmental Protection Agency case may hold lessons for Democrats seeking testimony from Karl Rove and other high-ranking officials in the Bush administration. There's no law or court ruling that can force testimony from a top presidential aide, according to Brand and other legal and political experts.

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