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Disgusted Democrat Slams Republicans for Running the House Like a Political Circus
By: Sarah Jones
Wednesday, May, 7th, 2014, 7:17 pm
What a day. It started with Republican water carrier Chuck Todd calling the Republican IRS witch hunt what it is on MSNBC: A partisan stunt. So things arent going as planned for Republicans.
And then, as Republicans geared up to pass a resolution calling for a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS because theres never too many ways to waste taxpayer money for small government Republicans when it comes to their campaign sound bites a disgusted and fed up Sandy Levin (Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI)) called them out on turning the House into a circus.
Rep. Levin (whos been ON FIRE lately) started off his floor statement by calling out that Republicans were turning the Institution into a political arm of the GOP.
This Institution must not be turned into an arm of either political party. Thats what House Republicans are doing here. Its been a year since multiple committee investigations began into the IRS handling of 501 c 4 organizations and Republicans are no closer to finding evidence to back up their baseless allegations of a White House enemies list or a White House culture of cover-up, as Republicans said on Day 1.
In February, it was determined that the Republicans IRS witch hunt had already cost taxpayers at least $14 million. In early May, Speaker John Boehner also announced that he was appointing a select committee to investigate Benghazi, so thats more money being wasted trying to drum up some Republican campaign ad sound bites. Meanwhile, Republicans have already been busted trying to use their fake, ginned up IRS scandal in order to protect their dark money sources like Karl Roves Crosssroads.
Levin laid it out:
· More than 60 interviews have been conducted.
· $14 million in taxpayer money has been spent by the IRS responding to the Congressional Investigations.
And here is what we know:
· Documents show that the IRS used inappropriate criteria to treat progressive groups as they did for Conservative Groups.
· There was never any evidence of White House involvement. Nada.
· There was never any evidence of political motivation. In fact, before the flawed audit was published last May, the IGs head of investigations reviewed 5,500 pages of documents and determined that there was no indication that pulling these selected applications was politically motivated. Instead, the head of investigations said the cases were consolidated due to unclear processing directions.
So the Republicans say they want an independent investigation but they really want to do is to interrupt the investigation going on and pre-empt it with their own political theatre.
And finally . Levin slammed Republicans for running the House like a political circus, This is the House of Representatives, not a political circus.
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randys1
(16,286 posts)I wont doubt it if that happens one day also...
babylonsister
(171,029 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)HIS brother happens to be Senator Carl Levin, who, unfortunately, is retiring.
randys1
(16,286 posts)IronLionZion
(45,380 posts)randys1
(16,286 posts)I am just trying to get your attention and everybody's
The Benghazi deal will tear this country apart, the cons said NOTHING during the eleven W Benghazi's
I am just getting too angry to deal with it anymore
Gothmog
(144,876 posts)The Benghazi claims are really weak and the GOP is overplaying their hand here. This will backfire on the GOP
they have been overplaying their hand for 6 years now ...
It is like 98 at this point, people are so burnt out by their over the top crap, they have tuned out and are more apt to give them what they want (winning elections) just to shut them up, like they did with Bush/Gore election ...
mac56
(17,564 posts)As Elvis Costello once sang: "Never go further than far too far."
Cha
(296,732 posts)thanks babylonsistah!
malaise
(268,639 posts)must have stung
tblue37
(65,212 posts)hope!
pansypoo53219
(20,950 posts)benghazi sorta looks like a blue dress to them i guess.
we need to go all 9/11 on these maroons.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,693 posts)progressoid
(49,929 posts)You may not want it to be, but it is.
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)They think that they will find something out to impeach Obama, like they did with Clinton.
They have been doing this with Obama since his inauguration.
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