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Issa: Republicans who voted for ‘fiscal cliff’ deal might have drunk too much

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) suggested his party mates in the Senate might have been celebrating the new year a bit too much while voting for the tax increases in the deal that averted the so-called “fiscal cliff” on Tuesday. “I can’t account for what happens after midnight in all that…

Issa’s theoretical freeze on Internet rules could spell disaster

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) this week asked Internet users to help him piece together legislation that would effectively ban all new Internet regulations for the next two years. While the legislation has not yet been officially proposed, Issa took to the link sharing forum Reddit on Tuesday with a bold…

Issa and GOP expose secrets and endanger lives of U.S. allies in Libya document dump

Republicans aiming to expose an alleged “cover-up” by the Obama administration regarding the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya may have instead exposed the identities of Libyans working with the U.S. in that country and placed their lives in danger. According to Foreign Policy magazine’s “The Cable” blog,…

Issa: House Republicans will sue Holder

House Republicans will file a civil lawsuit this month against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder demanding the release of documents related to the “Fast and Furious” gun-tracking operation. “We’ll be filing a civil case during the break,” Darrell Issa (R-CA) told NBC News Friday. “We will expect a day in…

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.…