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Title: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: thundley4 on October 23, 2009, 08:53:27 PM
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(CNSNews.com) – The White House is not going to allow the president’s newly created “czars” to testify before Congress.
 
White House Counsel Greg Craig has indicated that he will refuse to allow any of the 18 new “czar” positions created by President Obama to testify before Congress, according to Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking Republican on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Collins revealed during a committee hearing Thursday that she had spoken with Craig, who had earlier sent a letter on behalf of the president, and that Craig told her persoanlly that Congress would not get a chance to ask fundamental questions of the czars about their roles and responsibilities.
 
“Indeed, yesterday when I was talking to Greg Craig, the president’s legal counsel, he made it very clear that the White House would prohibit any of these officials with significant policy responsibility from coming to testify before us if they are located within the Executive Office of the President,” Collins said in her written opening statement.
 
Former Homeland Security “czar” Tom Ridge told CNSNews.com he disagreed with the White House counsel’s decision to bar all of the czars from testifying – but he “understood” it.
  CNSNews.com (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55973)

More transparency from the most transparent and ethical administration ever.
Title: Re: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: Chris_ on October 23, 2009, 08:56:21 PM
Quote from: thundley4 on October 23, 2009, 08:53:27 PM
  CNSNews.com (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55973)

More transparency from the most transparent and ethical administration ever.
Teh Rookie is transparent in ways he cannot even fathom.
Title: Re: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: TheSarge on October 23, 2009, 09:01:13 PM
Thank you guys for giving former President Bush's aides cover from having to appear before Congress to testify like you idiots keep trying to haul them back to D.C. to do.

Title: Re: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: Chris_ on October 24, 2009, 12:17:10 PM
Quote from: TxRadioguy on October 23, 2009, 09:01:13 PM
Thank you guys for giving former President Bush's aides cover from having to appear before Congress to testify like you idiots keep trying to haul them back to D.C. to do.



Oops.  Bet they didn't think that would have repercussions outside of The Øne and his select(ed) group of thugs, did they?  :thatsright:
Title: Re: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: TheSarge on October 24, 2009, 02:18:48 PM
Quote from: DefiantSix on October 24, 2009, 12:17:10 PM
Oops.  Bet they didn't think that would have repercussions outside of The Øne and his select(ed) group of thugs, did they?  :thatsright:

The law of unintended consequences.
Title: Re: White House to Keep Obama’s ‘Czars’ from Testifying Before Congress
Post by: Chris_ on October 25, 2009, 05:07:13 PM
Quote from: TxRadioguy on October 24, 2009, 02:18:48 PM
The law of unintended consequences.
Laws don't apply to liberals like they do for normal people.   :thatsright: