Wednesday at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee “Management Failures: Oversight of the EPA” hearing, EPA head Gina McCarthy argued that the constitutional balance of power is her reason for not turning over documents in compliance with the committees
In response to Darrell Issa: Records Like Lois Lerner’s Emails ‘Don’t Just Disappear… Unless That Was the Intention’: The IRS is working to recover Lois Lerner’s missing emails according to White House Press Secretary Jay Carney at Wednesday’s press briefing.
Amid new reports claiming that Louis Lerner’s emails sought by Congress pursuant to claims the IRS targeted Tea Party groups are lost forever, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa issued a blistering statement alleging that such federal
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa announced Friday that he would release Secretary of State John Kerry from a scheduled hearing on the Benghazi terror attacks. Issa subpoenaed Kerry shortly prior to Boehner’s announcement that he would appoint a select
The Justice Department’s “Operation Choke Point” is so flagrantly illegal it cannot continue in any form under the law, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Charman Darrell Issa’s staff said in a new report, setting up a constitutional confrontation
On Tuesday’s “Politics Nation” on MSNBC, Rep. Elijah Cummings lashed out at his House Oversight Committee collegue, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA). According to Cummings, Issa had gone rogue in his duty as committee chairman. Partial transcript as follows: REV. AL
First, the Justice Department began targeting them with “Operation Choke Point.” Now a new non-profit group is fighting back. The new group, the United States Consumer Coalition (USCC), has launched a “whistleblower website” asking for the secretive program’s victims to
California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, who is running for governor, recently pointed out that his rival Neel Kashkari “supported the United States submitting to the Islamic, Shariah banking code in 2008 when he ran TARP.” The charge was true, but
U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) blasted California State Assemblyman Tim Donnelly for his recent comments accusing gubernatorial rival Neel Kashkari of association with Islamic sharia law during Kashkari’s tenure at the U.S. Treasury. “There is
House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), the House Republicans’ most prominent face of its investigations into the Obama administration, may not be a member of the new Benghazi select committee, according to a House leadership aide. Rep.
It seems as if there could be a little internal Republican strife going on in Washington about who will lead the House Select Committee investigation on the consulate attack in Benghazi. First of all, everyone should take issue with Boehner
This morning the gubernatorial campaign of Republican Neel Kashkari, a former U.S. Treasury official and financial investment executive, announced that he has been endorsed by former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. The endorsement by Bush incomes on the heels of
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) released emails Wednesday afternoon showing that Lois Lerner coordinated with Rep. Elijah Cummings and committee Democrats multiple times between 2012 and 2013, providing them information they requested about True the Vote, the 501(c)(4)
The heat in the IRS investigation just went up. Rep. Darrell Issa, head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter today to ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings in which he accuses Cummings of working to
Wednesday on Fox News Channel “The Five,” left-leaning co-host Bob Beckel showed his unhappiness with House Oversight Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) holding another hearing about the IRS targeting conservative groups who applied for tax-exempt status. When his co-host Eric
Lois Lerner loves her Fifth Amendment rights. Of course, this is a bit ironic for someone whose office at the IRS repeatedly blocked the exercise of First Amendment rights by conservative groups. In a stunning show of government overreach and
On Thursday House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued a subpoena to Environment Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy for documents related to the agency’s unprecedented use of an obscure section of the Clean Water Act to
In a letter sent today, Rep. Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, accuses ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings of acting as if he were a defense attorney for former IRS employee Lois Lerner. He also
House Democrats took to the floor on Thursday and lifted their iPads and smart phones with pictures of Darrell Issa (R-CA) over their heads as a show of support for Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), who had his mic turned off
House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said he is incensed about allegations the CIA spied on the Senate Intelligence Committee, calling it “treason.” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, Tuesday accused the spy agency of
Darrell Issa’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform issued a staff report Tuesday aimed squarely at Lois Lerner and her involvement in the IRS targeting of conservative groups. The report suggests Lerner misled Congress in four instances and attempted to
On the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” Roland Martin interviewed Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) about House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) cutting off Cummings microphone this week at a hearing on the IRS scandal… At first Cummings accused Issa of
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) went on Fox News Channel’s “On The Record” on Wednesday to discuss the IRS hearing that Lois Lerner pleaded the Fifth and Rep. Elijah Cummings’ (D-MD) emotional outburst following the adjournment of the hearing… Follow Pam
On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee held a hearing on the IRS’ targeting of conservative non-profit applicants. The hearing, led by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), quickly devolved into chaos after former IRS official Lois Lerner repeatedly used the Fifth Amendment
On this weekend’s “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) announced former IRS official Lois Lerner will testify at the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Wednesday… UPDATE: Lerner’s attorney, William W. Taylor, told Politico after the Fox
