Posted on 04/18/2011 3:50:28 PM PDT by Nachum
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton is expanding his investigation into the meetings between special interest groups and the Obama White House that set the stage for the passage of Obamacare, sending document requests to 11 industry groups and unions that played a key role in the negotiations.
In April 11 letters to the groups, Upton asks for extensive details and documents about each organization’s interactions with the White House in regards to the health care law.
The requests come as the Obama White House has so far declined to provide its documents about the meetings.
At issue are special deals struck between interest groups and President Obama to either garner the support of major industry sectors or soften their criticism of the health care law.
In one major instance, the pharmaceutical drug sector agreed to back the legislation as long as the costs to that sector did not exceed $80 billion. The drug sector eventually spent over $100 million on television advertisements touting the law.
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It wasn’t that long ago that so many were howling that Upton got this chairmanship. I hope he holds their feet to the fire.
Why then, should Hussein and his cronies give a rip about a Congressional investigation?
Will Upton consider issuing a contempt of Congress citation?
And the outcome if he does will be . . . ?
This shouldn’t be that hard: Upton should just have Obama send him copies of the C-SPAN tapes of these sessions. That will clear things right up.
>This shouldn’t be that hard: Upton should just have Obama send him copies of the C-SPAN tapes of these sessions. That will clear things right up.<
Yep .. it’s all right there .. Obama said so.
maybe he will just getthe most important part of it where Obama says
“I won”
there ya go .. justification for everything
Sort of like peeling the scab off a festering, oozing sore...
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