Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) on Wednesday called for President Obama's "czars," or appointed high-level advisers, to testify before Congress about their "authority and responsibilities" in the executive branch.Bring them in and line them up.
The president's "czars" have become a point of controversy among his opponents because they do not have to be confirmed by the Senate as cabinet-level officials do.
McHenry wrote to committee chairman Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) and ranking member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asking the appointed officials to testify.
"If the czars have high-level, decision-making authority as their titles would indicate, then it is my concern that their appointment without Senate approval represents a circumvention of our Constitutionally-mandated confirmation process," McHenry, who is a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said in his letter.
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Calling All Czars! Calling All Czars!
One GOP congressmen thinks congress needs to hear from all 31 (at last count) Obama Administration czars:
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The wimp is completely insulated by people who have no intention of representing the common man AKA Americans. He's quite the waste of hard-earned tax dollars. Must be cozy in the swamp that is quickly turning into quicksand....if only....
Our United States of America Constitution does not mean one thing to Obama. He does whatever he wants, he is more like a dictator and certainly does not represent We The People. His attitude is, do what I say and what I want, I don't care what you want or what the Constitution says.
This end run around the Constitution by Obama is crazy, each of the Czars should definately be accountable to Congress, and if they are, then they should be approved by Congress before taking their Czar position.
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