Schumer: Gonzales no-confidence vote Monday

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has led the investigation into the firing of several U.S. attorneys, announced Friday that a vote of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will be taken in the Senate Monday.
 
“If all senators who have actually lost confidence in Attorney General Gonzales voted their conscience, this vote would be unanimous,” the senator said.
 
{mosads}However, Schumer added that he expects the president to pressure members of his party to vote against the measure.
 
“We will soon see where people’s loyalties lie,” he said.
 
Schumer has fiercely criticized Gonzales’s role in the firings and his conduct during the investigation and has repeatedly called for the resignation of the attorney general.

Following publication of this story, White House Deputy Press Secretary Tony Fratto sent a sharply worded response to The Hill.

“If Senator Schumer had a conscience he would end his political vaudeville act and let the Senate get back to work on important legislation,” said Fratto. “These games are a discredit to the Senate.”