Score another one for Glenn Beck. TPM is reporting that Sen Feingold will hold congressional hearings to investigate President Obama's use of Czars
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), chairman of a Judiciary subcommittee on the Constitution, will hold a hearing next week on President Obama's use of "czars."
Feingold has joined several Republicans and conservative talking heads in criticizing Obama over how many czars he's appointed. The term, although in no official title, applies to positions in the executive branch that don't need the approval of Congress. But several of the "czars" mentioned by Glenn Beck and the like actually have been approved by lawmakers-----------------------
Feingold's hearing, called "Examining the History and Legality of Executive Branch Czars" will be had Oct. 6. The New York Times reports that, according to Feingold's office, the White House likely won't send representatives to the hearing
I like Sen Feingold a lot, but this will only embolden the likes of Glenn Beck, who have been pushing this talking point since Obama got elected. Funny Dems never held hearings when former president Bush and Dick Cheney actually abused power or on their Czars.
President Obama did not break any law so why hold hearings to investigate a president from your party? it makes no sense to me at all. To have this kind of hearings in the middle of HCR fight is the senate is boneheaded IMO.
It seems the only bipartisanship we get from the senate is how to screw this president.
I don't know what is going on with the Democratic Party, the GOP must be laughing their ass off. The GOP is supposed to be a minority yet they get all they want.