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Rhodes won't show: White House raises 'constitutional concerns'
Washington Examiner ^ | May 16, 2016 | Pete Kasperowicz

Posted on 05/16/2016 7:35:33 PM PDT by Roos_Girl

The White House told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Monday that Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes won't be testifying on Tuesday about his controversial comments on the Iran deal.

In a letter to Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, Neil Eggleston, counsel to President Obama, said it would raise "constitutional concerns" if Rhodes were to testify. He also said Congress has been consulted enough.

"While the administration will continue to consult closely with Congress on this important matter, testimony by one of the most senior advisers to the president raises significant constitutional concerns rooted in the separation of powers," he wrote.

"Specifically, the appearance of a senior presidential adviser before Congress threatens the independence and autonomy of the president, as well as his ability to receive candid advice and counsel in the discharge of his constitutional duties," he added.


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To: Roos_Girl

Don’t blame Obama, blame the the Republican controlled Congress and Senate.


21 posted on 05/17/2016 1:39:03 AM PDT by Fhios (Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
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To: Roos_Girl

4 am bump... I


22 posted on 05/17/2016 2:19:31 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: Roos_Girl

You can’t go against anything obammy does or says,
He’s a negro.
You want to be called racist?


23 posted on 05/17/2016 2:58:00 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (500 years ago we had Shakesphere, obammys people live in mud huts still. Go figure)
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To: Roos_Girl

Paul Ryan knows his place in the NWO. This will now go away.


24 posted on 05/17/2016 4:17:42 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: John Semmens

Mr. Semmens, please call your office. I think you have another topic here.


25 posted on 05/17/2016 4:21:30 AM PDT by Hardastarboard (Better Call Saul (Alinsky). "Make them live by their own rules")
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To: Roos_Girl

He wasn’t concerned about executive privilege when he spelled it all out for the New York Times,seems to me if he can tell it to a freaking newspaper he has waived the privilege excuse


26 posted on 05/17/2016 5:29:07 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: Bullish
My comment wasn't to suggest Rhodes is some genius, it was to point out the utter stupidity of Republicans on those stupid oversight committees.

If Lois Lerner and Hillary Clinton can tie them up in knots and make them chase their own tails, there's no reason to believe Rhodes couldn't also.

27 posted on 05/17/2016 6:30:54 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Roos_Girl
No oversight or accountability, whatsoever. I wonder if there's a line-item in the Congressional budget for coloring books.
28 posted on 05/17/2016 6:39:42 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: Roos_Girl
 Congress has been consulted enough

"Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate; errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them.”

--Thomas Jefferson

Evidently not.  That'd be why Jefferson is glaring at the oval office from across the tidal basin.

"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY

TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"

 

Iran's theocracy is CERTAINLY a "tyranny over the mind of man"

29 posted on 05/17/2016 8:25:28 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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