And speaking of Congress employing this guy...since the CRS does work for Congress can you tell me which member, or members, of that body asked for this report?I wasn't claiming inside information. Pointing out that you had the Congressional Research Service in the wrong branch of government required only the most basic grade-school-level understanding. Glad to see you checked out and confirmed my facts.Congressional Research ServiceSurely Mr. Maskell didn't undertake this unsolicited and of his own accord...did he?
As a legislative branch agency within the Library of Congress, CRS works exclusively and directly for Members of Congress, their Committees and staff on a confidential, nonpartisan basis.
That said, I think you're likely correct to assume that this report was motivated by queries from members of Congress. That's what the CRS does. The questions are plausibly the result of constituents writing with concerns. That's all perfectly reasonable.
What's nuts are the conspiracy theories.
Triple wrote:
yep - he got his 30 pieces of silver.Well then cite your evidence that he received some bribe to to slant his analysis. Surely, Triple, you wouldn't compare a man to Judas without such evidence, would you?
51 wrote:
So does Congress know that it still has a problem? Yes. Did they ask for this report for cover? Yes. Does the report lie to provide that cover? Yes.Any evidence, 51, besides the fact that the report debunks your legal theory? If a senator or representative gets question on the matter from constituents, why is asking for analysis from the experts congress employs some kind of shady deal?
If there's one thing birthers hate more than not getting answers to their questions, it's getting answers to their questions.
I wrote, addressing the wrong person: “Pointing out that you had the Congressional Research Service in the wrong branch of government required only the most basic grade-school-level understanding.”
Oops. In that comment I mis-attributed the error. It was not philman_36 who had the wrong branch of government. I noticed my mistake when I read Spaulding’s post, number 121 in this thread, in which he corrected himself on that point. I regret my error. Probably should have held back on that “grade-school” crack ‘least until I double-checked my target. Oops.
yep - he got his 30 pieces of silver. - me
Well then cite your evidence that he received some bribe to to slant his analysis. Surely, Triple, you wouldn’t compare a man to Judas without such evidence, would you? - BB
I never said bribe. He drew a salary, and produced a biased report, IMO. His salary is his payment.