Why wouldn't the WH employee want to testify? Looks shady that Obama did not want him to.
You got nothing to hide, most transparent President ever, right?

(07-25-2014 04:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 04:00 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Poor Mr. Viper. Yet another failure and waste of your money. Keep toting his water Gunga Dins!

Quote:"We are accusing neither the president nor this four-person office of any wrongdoing," Issa said, adding, "I allege no wrongdoing."

And my favorite part from the hack chairman:

Quote:Issa said during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he chairs, that he's not demanding that Simas testify because he thinks the White House Office of Political Affairs has inappropriately engaged in political campaign activities. Rather, Issa said, it's the potential for that office to overstep the line in the future that he wants to examine.

What a fool!

Darrell Issa Concedes No Wrongdoing By White House Office, Pushes Subpoena Anyway

I'm not sure what your point is? I'm not sure you really know what your point is?

A person is subpoenaed because they are believed to have information critical to an investigation or lawsuit. Most people who are subpoenaed are not accused of wrongdoing. When you get selected for jury duty, you are subpoenaed. A subpoena means that you must appear. It does not mean anyone thinks you are guilty of something. Subpoenas are used to force someone to appear who will or may not want to voluntarily appear.

You lost commietom after "A person is subpoenaed because..."


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(07-25-2014 04:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 04:00 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Poor Mr. Viper. Yet another failure and waste of your money. Keep toting his water Gunga Dins!

Quote:"We are accusing neither the president nor this four-person office of any wrongdoing," Issa said, adding, "I allege no wrongdoing."

And my favorite part from the hack chairman:

Quote:Issa said during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he chairs, that he's not demanding that Simas testify because he thinks the White House Office of Political Affairs has inappropriately engaged in political campaign activities. Rather, Issa said, it's the potential for that office to overstep the line in the future that he wants to examine.

What a fool!

Darrell Issa Concedes No Wrongdoing By White House Office, Pushes Subpoena Anyway

I'm not sure what your point is? I'm not sure you really know what your point is?

A person is subpoenaed because they are believed to have information critical to an investigation or lawsuit. Most people who are subpoenaed are not accused of wrongdoing. When you get selected for jury duty, you are subpoenaed. A subpoena means that you must appear. It does not mean anyone thinks you are guilty of something. Subpoenas are used to force someone to appear who will or may not want to voluntarily appear.

You lost commietom after "A person is subpoenaed because..."


Commietom - CSNBBS Secretary Of 'Splaining Stuff

Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government,

WOW!!!!


Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting congressional delegate for the District of Columbia, angrily sputtered during a congressional hearing Friday that the White House should not be held up to scrutiny, saying that there was no right to know what it was doing behind closed doors.

"You don't have a right to know everything in a separation-of-powers government, my friend. That is the difference between a parliamentary government and a separation-of-powers government," Norton said during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.

It was, to put mildly, a significant departure from the more traditional liberal stance that openness and transparency are must to prevent abuses of power by government officials. Instead the leading advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia literally argued that even the congressional committee charged with oversight shouldn't be asking questions in the first place.
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She made the comments while protesting the committee's Republican majority for voting to ignore a claim by the White House that David Simas, director of it's Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, was immune to a congressional subpoena to testify. Republicans believe the office is being used a political campaign operation, a violation of federal election law.

(07-25-2014 04:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 04:00 PM)Redwingtom Wrote:  Poor Mr. Viper. Yet another failure and waste of your money. Keep toting his water Gunga Dins!

Quote:"We are accusing neither the president nor this four-person office of any wrongdoing," Issa said, adding, "I allege no wrongdoing."

And my favorite part from the hack chairman:

Quote:Issa said during a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which he chairs, that he's not demanding that Simas testify because he thinks the White House Office of Political Affairs has inappropriately engaged in political campaign activities. Rather, Issa said, it's the potential for that office to overstep the line in the future that he wants to examine.

What a fool!

Darrell Issa Concedes No Wrongdoing By White House Office, Pushes Subpoena Anyway

I'm not sure what your point is? I'm not sure you really know what your point is?

A person is subpoenaed because they are believed to have information critical to an investigation or lawsuit. Most people who are subpoenaed are not accused of wrongdoing. When you get selected for jury duty, you are subpoenaed. A subpoena means that you must appear. It does not mean anyone thinks you are guilty of something. Subpoenas are used to force someone to appear who will or may not want to voluntarily appear.

(07-25-2014 04:53 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government,

WOW!!!!


Eleanor Holmes Norton, the non-voting congressional delegate for the District of Columbia, angrily sputtered during a congressional hearing Friday that the White House should not be held up to scrutiny, saying that there was no right to know what it was doing behind closed doors.

"You don't have a right to know everything in a separation-of-powers government, my friend. That is the difference between a parliamentary government and a separation-of-powers government," Norton said during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.

It was, to put mildly, a significant departure from the more traditional liberal stance that openness and transparency are must to prevent abuses of power by government officials. Instead the leading advocate for statehood for the District of Columbia literally argued that even the congressional committee charged with oversight shouldn't be asking questions in the first place.
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She made the comments while protesting the committee's Republican majority for voting to ignore a claim by the White House that David Simas, director of it's Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, was immune to a congressional subpoena to testify. Republicans believe the office is being used a political campaign operation, a violation of federal election law.

Another, on par with Sheila Jackson Lee for stupidity.

(07-15-2014 10:08 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Damn, I love Issa, just love the guy. And read the part that I bolded. WTF?

Quote:(Reuters) - The White House asked the Republican chairman of a congressional committee on Monday to lift a subpoena against President Barack Obama's political adviser, who has been called to testify on Wednesday about his office's operations.

Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee, last week subpoenaed Obama political adviser David Simas to testify about how his office complies with the Hatch Act, a law that forbids most federal government employees from engaging in partisan political activity.

Simas is director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach. Recent presidents, both Democratic and Republican, have all had at least one top political adviser in a position similar to that of Simas.

The subpoena is "precipitate and surprising in light of our clear willingness to work with you to meet your informational needs," White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a letter to Issa on Monday.

Eggleston asked Issa to lift the subpoena. The letter did not say whether Simas would be allowed to testify if forced. Aides are hoping a briefing that White House legal staff are to provide to Issa on Tuesday will answer any remaining questions he might have.

"While I am hopeful that we can work together constructively to address your stated interests, your subpoena is not helpful to these efforts," Eggleston wrote.

Link

Meh, no one listens to a car thief like Issa anyway.

Issa hitting them to close to home, which is why Barry doesn't want that testifying.

(07-25-2014 05:07 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(07-15-2014 10:08 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  Damn, I love Issa, just love the guy. And read the part that I bolded. WTF?

Quote:(Reuters) - The White House asked the Republican chairman of a congressional committee on Monday to lift a subpoena against President Barack Obama's political adviser, who has been called to testify on Wednesday about his office's operations.

Representative Darrell Issa, chairman of the House of Representatives' Oversight and Government Reform Committee, last week subpoenaed Obama political adviser David Simas to testify about how his office complies with the Hatch Act, a law that forbids most federal government employees from engaging in partisan political activity.

Simas is director of the White House Office of Political Strategy and Outreach. Recent presidents, both Democratic and Republican, have all had at least one top political adviser in a position similar to that of Simas.

The subpoena is "precipitate and surprising in light of our clear willingness to work with you to meet your informational needs," White House counsel Neil Eggleston wrote in a letter to Issa on Monday.

Eggleston asked Issa to lift the subpoena. The letter did not say whether Simas would be allowed to testify if forced. Aides are hoping a briefing that White House legal staff are to provide to Issa on Tuesday will answer any remaining questions he might have.

"While I am hopeful that we can work together constructively to address your stated interests, your subpoena is not helpful to these efforts," Eggleston wrote.

Link

Meh, no one listens to a car thief like Issa anyway.

But they listen to a coke freak like Obama, right?

(07-25-2014 04:53 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government,

Nice haircut.

(07-25-2014 08:36 PM)Stick4489 Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 04:53 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government,

Nice haircut.

Nah, chemotherapy.

(07-16-2014 09:39 AM)ODU BLUE Wrote:  

(07-16-2014 09:35 AM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  Barney Frank??? Except he's more into Gerbals than squirrels.

He does love nuts though!

Barney is married now & lives in Maine. He is gay but he was consistently voted the most intelligent & best sense of humor with overwhelming bipartisan votes in the Washingtonian Magazines poll of the sausage makers on the hill. (the people who work for the Members of Congress & the Senate).

(07-25-2014 08:39 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 08:36 PM)Stick4489 Wrote:  

(07-25-2014 04:53 PM)SuperFlyBCat Wrote:  Eleanor Holmes Norton says 'you don't have a right to know' what's going on in government,

Nice haircut.

Nah, chemotherapy.

She has lost her mojo & needs to go, if someone credible ever runs against her. Independents have an outside chance this year of capturing the Mayor & an at large council seat, but have not researched her opponents yet. But she does have integrity & need to know the context of the statement.