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It’s like the 90s took their vitamins
The evolution of right wing crankery under the “stress” of having to live with the fact that the nation willfully elected a Democrat as President is utterly fascinating. I hope one day a historian writes a book comparing the ever-more-baroque conspiracy theories that proliferated under Clinton and Obama. The two…
House Democrats: Fast and Furious probe ‘based on a series of unfounded claims’
Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a video on Tuesday highlighting Republican inconsistency regarding the “Fast and Furious” scandal. The 3-minute video shows Republican lawmakers contradicting themselves and each other while talking about the botched “Fast and Furious” operation. A House Committee on Oversight and…
Colbert: ‘Fast and Furious’ is biggest scandal ‘I forgot to ever talk about’
Wednesday night on “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert took on the burgeoning “Fast and Furious” scandal, in which Republicans have charged Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. with contempt of Congress. Republican lawmakers, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) are accusing the Attorney General of blocking their investigation into the…
Rep. Issa releases draft resolution accusing Holder of contempt
WASHINGTON — A key Republican lawmaker released a draft resolution Thursday accusing US Attorney General Eric Holder of contempt of Congress for allegedly failing to cooperate with a probe into a botched government effort to track arms flows into Mexico. Darrell Issa, head of the House Oversight and Government Reform…
Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Holder in contempt
Attorney General Eric Holder could soon be declared in contempt of Congress, if House Republicans have their way. Led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who chairs the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans told The Los Angeles Times on Friday that they have been stonewalled by the Department…
Issa calls Obama admin. ‘the most corrupt government in history’
The Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform thinks that the Obama administration is “the most corrupt in history,” and he’s not afraid to say it. Speaking to Bloomberg on Tuesday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) insisted that the president’s political appointees must be held accountable for their…
Woman barred from all-male panel: Using contraception makes me qualified
A woman who was recently excluded from a House Oversight Committee hearing on contraception says she was qualified to testify because unlike the all-male panel of witnesses, she actually uses birth control. Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) said at the time that he had rejected Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke…
Jon Stewart smacks down Rep. Issa’s all-male birth control hearing
The Daily Show host Jon Stewart on Monday night took aim at Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)’s all-male birth control hearing. The hearing focused on the president’s new rule that private insurance plans pay for preventative care, which is to include contraceptives for women. Chairman Issa lined up a collection of…
Dems walk out of House GOP’s contraception hearing
Female Democrats on Thursday walked out of a House GOP committee hearing on contraceptive coverage after the only female witness requested to speak during the first of two hearings was rejected by the committee chairman, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). Reports from inside the hearing noted that some of the female…
WATCH LIVE: Issa holds hearing on Occupy D.C.
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, chaired by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), will hold a hearing on Tuesday regarding possible health and safety issues at the Occupy D.C. encampment. Watch this live video from The Washington Post, broadcast Jan. 24, 2012.…
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