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Tag: government reform committee

Apr 16
2011

Imagine That! Scott Walker Admits Eliminating Collective Bargaining Does NOT Save Money

Politics

Us on the left have been saying this all along and now the man in the spotlight of the “War Against Labor” has admitted it – eliminating collective bargaining does not save money! Like a dog going at a bone, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, didn’t stop until he got the answer he was looking […]

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Jan 4
2011

Issa Reveals Investigations And Asks For Help On Drumming Up More

Politics

Darrell Issa is like that kid who just made hall monitor and takes his duties a little to seriously. Here’s some of what Issa wants to investigate: Issa, who will have power to subpoena government officials to appear before the committee, said he intended to conduct inquiries into the release of classified diplomatic cables by […]

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Jan 3
2011

Where’s The Proof, Darrell?

Politics

We have heard for months the chest beating of Darrell Issa, the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Now it’s gone from chest beating to down right slander: The Republican congressman who is taking over responsibility for congressional oversight calledPresident Obama‘s administration “one of the most corrupt administrations” on Sunday and […]

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Apr 23
2010

Republicans Now Worried About SEC Employees Watching Porn

Society

So this morning I read this interesting article: Republicans are stepping up their criticism of the Securities and Exchange Commission following reports that senior agency staffers spent hours surfing pornographic websites on government-issued computers while they were supposed to be policing the nation’s financial system. California Rep. Darrell Issa, the top Republican on the House […]

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Apr 7
2009

Oversight? Whoa…..

Misc

Something we aren’t used to seeing; oversight of an administration, being conducted by the administration’s own party: A congressional oversight committee opened an investigation yesterday into whether the Obama administration is circumventing a law that limits lavish pay for executives at firms benefiting from the $700 billion federal bailout. Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of […]

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Feb 13
2009

Not Even One Month In And We Hear About Investigations

Misc

Welcome back to the 90s: Rep. Darrell Issa is not working from a position of strength. As the ranking Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Issa wants to exercise some, well, oversight when it comes to the Obama administration’s controversial decision to transfer control of the Census Bureau from professionals at the […]

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Jul 8
2008

No More Roves!

Misc

This is legislation we really need passed, and Waxman is considering it: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), who has primary jurisdiction over the executive branch, is considering legislation to eliminate Karl Rove-type advisers in future administrations. The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hints broadly that such a bill could ban the use […]

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Jan 18
2008

Internal White House Study: 473 Days Of Emails Gone

Misc

Of course the White House thinks their study is not credible: The White House possesses no archived e-mail messages for many of its component offices, including the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President, for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, according to the summary of an internal White […]

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Jul 13
2007

Executive Privilege On Tillman's Death

Misc

This White House isn’t even human: Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) revealed on Friday afternoon that the White House and Pentagon were holding up a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation into the friendly fire death of former professional football player and Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. “[T]he Committee wrote to White House Counsel Fred Fielding […]

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Apr 13
2007

The Email Scandal Grows

Misc

Now reports are saying that 4 years of Rove email may be missing: A lawyer for the Republican National Committee told congressional staff members yesterday that the RNC is missing at least four years’ worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove that is being sought as part of investigations into the Bush […]

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