The Internal Revenue Service quietly proposed new regulations aimed at 501(c)(4) organizations during the Thanksgiving recess that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Chairman of the House Oversight Committee, called “a crass political effort by the Administration to get what political advantage
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Census subcommittee chairman Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX), and Joint Economic Committee chairman Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) sent a letter to U.S. Census Bureau director John H. Thompson seeking
In response to The unemployment mirage: Congressman Darrell Issa is looking into the NY Posts’ shocking allegations that the Census Bureau instructed employees to fabricate data for the nation’s unemployment reports. The House Oversight and Reform Committee is demanding answers from
Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) lost it on Rep. Jim Cooper for for calling his hearing a “partisan” “kangaroo court.”
Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) got visibly upset with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) at Wednesday’s House Oversight Committee hearing…
On Friday, Rep. Darrell Issa issued a subpoena, compelling the testimony of Todd Park, the White House Chief Technology Officer, at a hearing next week on the failed rollout of Healthcare.gov. The White House had said that Mr. Park was
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, served Treasury Secretary Jack Lew with another subpoena relating to the IRS scandal in which the organization targeted Tea Party organizations, the committee announced on Friday.
On Thursday, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, subpoenaed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for documents related HealthCare.gov, the Obamacare exchange website that has had numerous malfunctions. The subpoena “requires
Breitbart News has obtained a document from a technology vendor working on Obamacare’s HealthCare.gov website that suggests there may be serious back-end problems with the malfunctioning website. Nine days after the insurance exchange website went live, the technology company Logistics
HHS is using the Obamacare exchange website to register applicants to vote. The link provided is optional, but there are many concerns regarding the sharing of personal voter registration information on the website. Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform
Responding to news that explosives from a DOJ grenade-walking scandal were detected at an attack that killed three Mexican policemen, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) suggested “the administration really did want to let bad things happen in the hopes that they
A spokesman for House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) confirmed to Breitbart News on Wednesday that the chairman is currently drafting legislation that would grant legal status to at least some of America’s 11
Breitbart News has teamed up with Kurt Bardella, the longtime adviser to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) who helped him fiercely combat liberals and the mainstream press on their turf. Bardella’s new public relations firm, Endeavor Strategic Communications, is being brought on
From Dylan Byers: Breitbart News, the combative right-wing news and opinion network, will today announce “a fundamental restructuring” of its masthead that will leave the 27-year-old Alexander Marlow in charge of editorial operations, POLITICO has learned. Editor-in-chief Joel Pollak, editor-at-large
Emails released Wednesday revealed that Sarah Hall Ingram, the IRS’ top ObamaCare official, advised White House executive staff on legal challenges from groups claiming the HHS contraception mandate violated their religious freedom. Redactions in the emails indicate they contained confidential
Luke Chung, an online database programmer, has added his voice to the many experts who say the ObamaCare federal website, Healthcare.gov, has major flaws and cannot be functional without a complete overhaul. According to CBS News, Chung said about the federal
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has stepped up to represent Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Special Agent John Dodson, the whistleblower who first publicly unearthed the Operation Fast and Furious scandal, against the agency’s efforts to
House Republican lawmakers told the Hill Wednesday that the government shutdown could last for weeks, but they plan to stay in DC and work every day, including weekends, until the government reopens. House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa answered with
A U.S. District Court Judge denied the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the House of Representatives’ lawsuit demanding administration documents related to the Operation Fast and Furious gun walking scandal. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
On Monday afternoon, after the Democratic Senate rejected a Republican House bill that would have continued to fund the government and would have delayed the implementation of Obamacare by one year, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said that the House would
In an appearance on Fox News on Sunday, former senior adviser and spokesperson to Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and president and CEO of endeavor strategic communications Kurt Bardella argued that congressional Republicans are doing the will of the people by fighting
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) traveled to Libya for the next stages of the Benghazi scandal investigation early this week – leaving the United States on Sunday and returning safely on Wednesday – but
On Thursday, all but two Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee walked out before the parents of two of the victims killed in the Benghazi attacks testified. Patricia Smith, the mother of Sean Smith, and Charles Woods,
A staff report prepared for Rep. Darrell Issa and released today finds numerous failings in the ARB report on Benghazi released last year. The new report overturns some of the conclusions of the official ARB report. It finds that Under
It is fitting that Labor Day is a federal holiday, given that under a supposed wage freeze from 2010 to 2012 the average base salary for federal workers increased by 10% to $78,467. Over the same period, private sector workers’
