Biden White House Takes Offensive Against GOP Oversight Demands

Newsmax ^ | December 29, 2022 | Sandy Fitzgerald

[Navy Patriot]

The Biden White House is taking the offensive against incoming House Republicans and their plans to launch oversight actions once the next session of Congress starts, sending letters through a special counsel informing Reps. James Comer, R-Ky., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, that the administration has no plans at this time to respond to the records requests they have been making.

Special Counsel Richard Sauber, in the letters obtained exclusively by Politico, said the requests are not legitimate under the Constitution because Jordan and Comer have not yet been delegated to head their committees.

Sauber, a top oversight lawyer for the White House, said the administration will operate in "good faith" with members of Congress, but said that oversight demands made during the last session of Congress will need to be restarted in the next session, which starts Jan. 3.

[Navy Patriot]

That’s a very old submarine! It also did an awful lot of Cold War duty against Russia.

Yes, and Yes, and also against North Vietnam, North Korea and Communist China before the Communist Chinese bought the "American" Liberal Socialist Democrat Left and the Assistant Democrat RINOs.

I'll give you another hint:

I was onboard Catfish for all those against operations.

PS, I notice your smiling raised left eyebrow faces Left, rather than a smiling right-eye wink facing Right ... ;-)

[laplata]

Ukraine has been one huge slush fund and many pockets continue to be filled.

[wildbill]

“you don’t currently have the credentials for a document request” may be technically the correct response.

I doubt it made much of a difference in the attitude of the two Republicans going forward. If it was just a show of the tack the WH will take after Jan turn over of the chairmanships, then we’re simply gonna see legislative warfare against the WH as expected.

[1Old Pro]

SOP, just as the Jan 6th clown committee rescinded the subpoenas against Trump, because they expire at the end of the Congress.