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Cummings says Issa killed chances for Lois Lerner contempt proceedings
Washington Post ^ | March 13, 2014 | BY JOSH HICKS

Posted on 03/13/2014 12:25:32 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

--SNIP-- The committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings, said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner that Republicans have already botched any plans they might have for contempt actions against Lerner, who headed an IRS division that processes applications for tax-exempt status.

Cummings, citing opinions from two legal experts and “Supreme Court case law,” said Republicans cannot pursue contempt charges against Lerner because of how the committee’s chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa, abruptly adjourned a hearing with the former official last week.

The letter said Issa “failed to take the basic — but Constitutionally required — steps necessary to hold [Lerner] in contempt,” since the chairman ended the hearing without overruling Lerner’s Fifth Amendment assertion and without “clearly directing her to answer the committee’s questions.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: contempt; darrellissa; elijahcummings; freakstate; irs; irsscandal; irsvsconservatives; lerner; liberalagenda; loislerner; teaparty; tyranny
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
So, call another hearing, bring Lerner back in and give her one last chance.

With a little luck, it will push this onto the front pages just in time for the election.

21 posted on 03/13/2014 12:59:28 PM PDT by justlurking (tagline removed, as demanded by Admin Moderator)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Don’t dismiss Arpaio’s criminal investigation. One thing/witness leads to another. The house of cards is falling down.

Today, they killed Corzine’s son. He was only 31.

The Marxist Mafia is panicking, making wild moves to silence the players who could cut a deal to avoid prison.

Top of my list would be Corzine, who stole $1.6 Billion from client accounts while enjoying protection from Hussein.


22 posted on 03/13/2014 12:59:58 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well hopefully this is a shot in the dark on Cummings’s part but we’ll see.


23 posted on 03/13/2014 1:00:14 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I think Rep. Cummings should worry about preventing Hart Miller Island in his congressional district from “tipping over”, instead of these other matters which are obviously too complex for him to grasp.


24 posted on 03/13/2014 1:03:45 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: LyinLibs
End of March sounds good to me.

I trust Arpaio's judgment and instincts and believe the pre-release hype I've heard and read so far.

All I know is, in this David and Goliath story, they had better have everything exactly right before taking this one and only shot.

If they don't, then wait until they do.

25 posted on 03/13/2014 1:06:06 PM PDT by GBA (Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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To: LyinLibs
Bart Stupak is indeed a HUGE communist.

AKA "Fart Buttpack"...

26 posted on 03/13/2014 1:06:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: LyinLibs
Today, they killed Corzine’s son.

Any details on cause? Nothing found on searching.

27 posted on 03/13/2014 1:06:20 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Do I really need ot use the sarcasm tag?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

The ‘cause of death?’

Hahahahaa that’s an outdated concept.

These days it’s typically ‘heart arrhythmia’ or ‘center fuel tank exploded.’

Maybe the coroner will drop dead (again) from arsenic poisoning.


28 posted on 03/13/2014 1:15:00 PM PDT by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“I am not persuaded by the legal musings of two attorneys,” said Oversight member Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), a lawyer himself. “Uttering certain talismanic words is not required before finding someone in contempt for the failure to answer questions. … Ms. Lerner was not going to answer any questions — regardless of whether she was directed to or not.”

Republican Oversight spokesman Frederick Hill called it partisan and “deeply flawed and at odds with the House’s own expert legal counsel to the committee.”

29 posted on 03/13/2014 1:21:35 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“Details surrounding Corzine’s death were not immediately available.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/jeffrey-corzine-youngest-son-new-jersey-gov-jon-corzine-died-article-1.1720797


30 posted on 03/13/2014 1:26:02 PM PDT by Qiviut (It's hard to be a donk if you're sane & it's hard to be a pubbie if you have any integrity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Cummings is such a fine upstanding citizen he surely wouldn’t lie or cause any trouble! ! ! ! /s


31 posted on 03/13/2014 1:41:15 PM PDT by DeaconRed (Meanwhile, back at the Ranch. . . . . ZERO still as stupid and incompetent as ever! ! !)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Plan:

DOJ + NSA + IRS = KGB


32 posted on 03/13/2014 1:52:30 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Elijah Cummings? Liberal elites care what he thinks... the Post quotes him as if he was some objective source.

I don’t care what he thinks. He hates everyone on our side... he’s a predictable yawn.


33 posted on 03/13/2014 2:14:44 PM PDT by GOPJ (From a bellwether to an "oh-whateverrrr" in less than a single news cycle. -freeper Fightin Whitey)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; Bigg Red; ...

That’s what Issa gets for apologizing to Cummings. He gave Cummings the inch, and now Cummings is taking the mile. Showing weakness is not good.

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


34 posted on 03/13/2014 8:05:37 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The PASSING LANE is for PASSING, not DAWDLING)
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