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 WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats stirred the pot Thursday in the case of powerful presidential aide Karl Rove and the news leak that unmasked a CIA agent. They triggered a partisan clash in the Senate, sought a House investigation and brought the husband of the undercover operative to the Capitol, where he accused the White House of a "smear campaign."
Senate Republicans countered with legislation — swiftly sidetracked — put together largely to embarrass Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and his deputy.
"We should not be doing this," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, scolded both sides during a 90-minute debate full of barbs. "This is exactly why the American public holds Congress in such low esteem right now."
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