Darrell Issa Going Crazy Issuing Subpoenas, Outpacing Previous Chairmen Combined

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Darrell Issa Going Crazy Issuing Subpoenas, Outpacing Previous Chairmen Combined

by Jennifer Bendery at the Huffington Post

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) announced Friday that he is subpoenaing another top administration official, meaning he has now issued nearly 100 subpoenas since becoming chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee -- more than all three previous committee chairmen combined.

Former Democratic and Republican chairmen issued a total of 78 subpoenas between 2003 and 2010, according to materials provided by Rep. Eljiah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee. In almost every instance, those chairmen issued those subpoenas with the concurrence of the ranking member or a vote of the committee. In contrast, Issa has issued 96 subpoenas since 2011, without any debate or committee vote.

Issa's latest target is David Simas, director of the White House Office of Political Outreach and Strategy. Issa wants Simas to testify in a hearing next Wednesday on the Hatch Act, a law that restricts political activity by members of the executive branch.

Neither the White House nor Cummings could point to a reason why Simas should be forced to testify, as there have not been any signs of wrongdoing within his office.




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[Rex]

1. Why is it the GOP can always go on million dollar Dem witch hunts, but we can't

go after a known warmonger that went rogue and got hundreds of thousands of innocent people killed?

[applegrove]

3. I know. And then democrats are called extremists. When they don't

plot and plan and hunt the GOP when they are in power. The argument hat both sides have extremists is bullshit. The far left extremists in the Democrats never make their cause happen. Only the extremists on the right implement their diabolical agenda.

[Rex]

5. One of the reasons the two parties are nothing alike and the meme that they are is pure BS.

If the Left complains about it, they do so in non-violent ways. If the Right complains about it, they have a militia show up and threaten local law enforcement into leaving with threats of violence.

Dem's don't want a violent confrontation and would use negotiation to settle a dispute. Reps would rather shoot something deader than dirt and pretend the problem went away.

[libodem]

8. Makes me mad too

That the parties are conflated. They are nothing alike.

[RoverSuswade]

2. Oh Lordy: If only the Dems could win the house this fall.

Ergo, CUMMINGS would become committee chairman and Issa would become second fiddle. I know Cummings would love it.

[genwah]

6. I found the closest district to my own with a R-incumbent, the CA-10. The De running

is a guy named Eggman. IU'm going to dig out a Beatles song, think of every Hobby Lobby sound bite I can, and spend my weekends knockin' on some doors. I'm lucky my district is safely blue, held in plaace by the white wine and Brie wing of the Democratic Party. I guess I'm lucky.

[spanone]

4. he's a comprehensive, total, complete fucking asshole.

[3catwoman3]

7. The first 4 words...

...of the thread title are sufficient.