WH tells Congress that policy 'Czars' won't testify


	WH tells Congress that policy 'Czars' won't testify

jatfla

10-23-2009 9:11 AM

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jatfla says:

Interesting. Are we being lead by a Politburo?

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The White House has told Congress it will reject calls for many of President Obama's policy czars to testify before Congress - a decision senators said goes against the president's promises of transparency and openness and treads on Congress' constitutional mandate to investigate the administration's actions.
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Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, said White House counsel Greg Craig told her in a meeting Wednesday that they will not make available any of the czars who work in the White House and don't have to go through Senate confirmation. She said he was "murky" on whether other czars outside of the White House would be allowed to come before Congress.
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