31.   He also said that according to the rules, subpoena power is limited to an investigating subcommittee and is operative only after a preliminary inquiry is voted.

32.   He said he expected all three justices to appear voluntarily, but that he would seek subpoena power from the full Senate if necessary.

33.   He would be wise not to oppose subpoena power.

34.   He said Congress was near agreement on a compromise giving the commission limited subpoena power.

35.   However, it is unlikely that Feerick would use the subpoena power, a source close to the situation said last night.

36.   In fact, despite the horrendous corruption revelations of the past few years, he is opposed to any independent watchdog agency with subpoena power.

37.   In the past he has argued for a board that was mainly limited to oversight functions, with subpoena powers granted under restricted circumstances.

38.   In response, last June, a few days before the full Senate was to vote to grant the task force subpoena power, DiFrancesco suspended its inquiry.

39.   It has financing and leverage, such as subpoena power, that the others did not.

40.   It is the first to have subpoena powers and the first to give the truth commission itself the power to offer amnesty case-by-case.