Posted on 10/23/2009 6:48:46 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
The White House has told Congress it will reject calls for many of President Obama's policy czars to testify before Congress - a decision senators said goes against the president's promises of transparency and openness and treads on Congress' constitutional mandate to investigate the administration's actions.
Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, said White House counsel Greg Craig told her in a meeting Wednesday that they will not make available any of the czars who work in the White House and don't have to go through Senate confirmation.
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The debate goes to the heart of weighty constitutional issues about separation of powers.
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"We recognize that it is theoretically possible that a president could create new positions that inhibit transparency or undermine congressional oversight. That is simply not the case, however, in the current administration," Mr. Craig wrote.
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....Miss Collins said she's been looking at czars for months, and she doesn't have problems with many of the czars Mr. Beck has criticized.
Still, Mr. Craig spent two pages of his four-page letter to Miss Collins critiquing Mr. Beck's positions.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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Sounds like impeachable stuff here.
Sounds like impeachable stuff here.
Obama to congress. Piss off.
Obama to the media. You’re pissing me off.
Obama to the voters. Piss on you.
It IS the “czars” that are calling the shots behind the scenes. Our stupid representatives pass BILLS THEY WRITE.
What shocks me is that some Blue Dog Democrats are going along with this. SOme of them, I know, still LOVE their country ... and yet they are going along with PARTISAN POLITICS at its WORST.
I don’t think that treating Congress like Fox News is going to work out all that well for them.
Constitutional scholar My ass! he’s a phony and his Administration is rife with unconstitutional...illegal... acts and actors. His ..administratiomn needs to be hauled before the Supreme Court, and keelhauled for the extra constitutional crimes he and his underlings are committing.
Man. I feel better that we have that “Watchdog of the Constitution” Susan Collins on top of this.
Beck has a direct line set up for the WH to answer anything he says that they believe is not true. They have not responded.
Impeachable.
Yeah.
Sure.
Hussein didn't so why should they.
Sounds like he is all wee weed up.
I thought that Collins affectations in her speach pattern were regional.
NOW it seems it is an indication she is an IDIOT!
The sharks are circling because they smell the blood in the water on Obamacare. The WH is living in mortal fear of the left and on issues such as Obamacare which is losing support on a daily basis, on Afghanistan which they seem they cannot make any decision on at all, on Russia and Iran, on North Korea, on Pakistan, on dealing with Dick Cheney, and on how to treat Fox News and many other issues. This WH and Obummer administration is so living in fear of everything and everybody, left and right and independent that they are coming apart at the seams and their plummeting poll numbers certainly reflect those fears. I believe their is a great deal of panic behind those WH doors.
Answer from most: Look everybody, look at the lovely golden rain!
Hokay doke.
Let’s see if Senator Byrd is all talk and no action.
He complained about the czars way back when all this began.
Of course, he’s only programmed to bash the republicans, praise O and ignore any assaults on our constitution.
Subpoena, these guys until they are blue in the face, force them to make a mistake and give us the truth.
Once he gives any of his czars portfolio powers they *are* Constitutionally required to submit themselves to Congressional review. yet another act of subverting the Separation of powers by this would be Imperialist thug and *supposed* “Constitutional scholar”.
Do you honestly believe this clown Congress is going to impeach this clown president?
reduce funding of the WH
just like you did Vietnam
there is more than one way to skin a cat
LOL!
Let’s see if Senator Byrd is all talk and no action.
Is he still alive???
Yes and the most dangerous time is when the RATS are cornered.
Unfortunately, that would require that a few dims vote in favor of defunding......not freaking likely.
Didn't one of them just set limits on executive pay...and Obama said the guy came to that decision all on his own?
Saw him on CSPIN the other day. Something about health care.
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LOL! Can't she issue a subpoena?
Can you imagine if Bush tried to pull this crap?
Obama to the media. You’re pissing me off.
Obama to the voters. Piss on you.
Exactly right. It seems that the voters are recognizing they are being pissed on. The media may be the next to show a little independence (note Thursday's refusal to interview pay czar Feinberg without Fox). Congress will continue to be the lapdog until replaced in 2010.
Don’t forget they more than likely have received friendly reminders from the WH and Dum Leadership exactly what will happen to them IF they don’t start goosestepping with the rest in this Admin.
“...a decision senators said goes against the president’s promises of transparency and openness....”
Oh, come on; you didn’t believe all that crap, did you????
Drag it out till there is NO REASON to fund it.
I ar referring to Afganistan and Iraq. When it’s PAINFULLY OBVIOUS that we have LOST, then there will be no need for $$$ thrown there. Plus we will show the terroists we are cowards and just want to be their BFF.
If Obama criminal, gave them portfolio powers, Congress is well within it’s rights to sign out arrest warrants for them. And compel them to testify under the threat of indefinite imprisonment.
Of course, they can act. But will they?
Does this Congress have any interest in embarrassing this administration?
We need to turn Congress in 2010 and then we might have a shot at impeachment.
Exactly right,,,,cut off their money. That has already been done, but, like already mentioned, the clown congress wont likely do that.
Obama’s 7 Lies In Under 2 Minutes
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UErR7i2onW0&feature=player_embedded
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While they are pissing on all American taxpayers, they are using the Constitution as disposable toilet paper to wipe their behinds with.
These are the consequences of losing an election.
These are the consequences of letting the other side pick your presidential candidate for you.
These are the consequences of decades of voter apathy that has allowed a bevy of Congress Critters to pursue a career of dismantling the United States one sentence of the Constitution at a time.
There are more consequences yet to come, many of them far more serious than what we have seen in just the past 9 months. Many of those consequences will result in the lost of millions of lives, more if things go even worse.
There are any number of issues that are ready to explode in our faces that will also be the direct consequence of electing a dedicated Socialist to the Oval Office along with his far-left radical communist friends.
All we can do right now is hold on, raise hell, and try to protect our own families any way we can. The elections a year from now offer a great deal of promise, but that is a year away and a lot is going to happen between now and then.
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Miss Collins said that doesn’t make sense when some of those czars are actually making policy or negotiating on behalf of Mr. Obama.
“I think Congress should be able to call the president’s climate czar, Carol Browner, the energy and environment czar, to ask her about the negotiations she conducted with the automobile industry that led to very significant policy changes with regard to emissions standards,” Miss Collins said at a hearing Thursday that examined the proliferation of czars.
The debate goes to the heart of weighty constitutional issues about separation of powers. The president argues that he should be allowed to have advisers who are free to give him confidential advice without having to fear being called to testify about it. Democrats and Republicans in Congress, though, argue that those in office who actually craft policy should be able to be summoned to testify because they do more than just give the president advice.
At issue are the 18 positions Miss Collins says Mr. Obama has created since he took office. Of those, she says 10 - the White House says eight - are in the executive office and not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests or requests for testimony.
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Yes, these APPOINTED “czars” are making our POLICY and they are totally UNACCOUTNABLE.
YES, it is a SHADOW GOVERNMENT.
this gorup of a$$hats will give him a chest full of medals so he can have a uniform and be like the rest of the dirtbag dictators he loves to rusround himself.
Lock and load all the commie bag fastards. Time to clean house.
Thats why presidents love to appoint czars. They are`nt answerable to Congress or anyone else, except the person who appoints them.
I didn’t say it was likely; I just pointed out it was impeachable.
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