No one cares what Republicans think anymore, you had your chance and blew it. We are now dealing with the incompetence of Republican 'Governnance'.
On Feb 22, 7:15 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > There was more to the atrocious "stimulus" package than hundreds of > $billions of frivolous pork barrel spending that will leave > generations of Americans in debt. It also advanced the liberal goals > of putting the healthcare industry under direct federal control, and > secretively repealing welfare reform so as to breed future generations > of state-dependent Democrat voters. Better still for an administration > that crawled out of the sewers of Chicago politics, it gives the White > House tremendous leverage to squash corruption investigations. A > furtive provision in the bill > > creates something called the Recovery Accountability and > Transparency Board — the RAT Board, as it's known by the few insiders > who are aware of it. The board would oversee the in-house watchdogs, > known as inspectors general, whose job is to independently investigate > allegations of wrongdoing at various federal agencies, without fear of > interference by political appointees or the White House. > > In the name of accountability and transparency, Congress has given > the RAT Board the authority to ask "that an inspector general conduct > or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation." If the > inspector general doesn't want to follow the wishes of the RAT Board, > he'll have to write a report explaining his decision to the board, as > well as to the head of his agency (from whom he is supposedly > independent) and to Congress. In the end, a determined inspector > general can probably get his way, but only after jumping through > bureaucratic hoops that will inevitably make him hesitate to go > forward. > > When Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime champion of > inspectors general, read the words "conduct or refrain from > conducting," alarm bells went off. The language means that the board — > whose chairman will be appointed by the president — can reach deep > inside a federal agency and tell an inspector general to lay off some > particularly sensitive subject. Or, conversely, it can tell the > inspector general to go after a tempting political target. > > Grassley was a member of the House-Senate conference committee. Yet he > only learned of the RAT provision buried deep in the 1,073 pages of > wasteful spending when he was tipped off by a worried inspector > general. According to a Democrat Senator, RAT was "something the Obama > administration wanted included in this bill." > > When he learned about RAT, Grassley wanted to voice his objections > before the Senate. But there was no time; they had to hurry up and > vote so that Nazi Pelousy could jet off to Europe — and so that no one > would have time to read the bill. > > This is what the Moonbat Messiah calls "transparency." > > There was more to the atrocious "stimulus" package than hundreds of > $billions of frivolous pork barrel spending that will leave > generations of Americans in debt. It also advanced the liberal goals > of putting the healthcare industry under direct federal control, and > secretively repealing welfare reform so as to breed future generations > of state-dependent Democrat voters. Better still for an administration > that crawled out of the sewers of Chicago politics, it gives the White > House tremendous leverage to squash corruption investigations. A > furtive provision in the bill > > creates something called the Recovery Accountability and > Transparency Board — the RAT Board, as it's known by the few insiders > who are aware of it. The board would oversee the in-house watchdogs, > known as inspectors general, whose job is to independently investigate > allegations of wrongdoing at various federal agencies, without fear of > interference by political appointees or the White House. > > In the name of accountability and transparency, Congress has given > the RAT Board the authority to ask "that an inspector general conduct > or refrain from conducting an audit or investigation." If the > inspector general doesn't want to follow the wishes of the RAT Board, > he'll have to write a report explaining his decision to the board, as > well as to the head of his agency (from whom he is supposedly > independent) and to Congress. In the end, a determined inspector > general can probably get his way, but only after jumping through > bureaucratic hoops that will inevitably make him hesitate to go > forward. > > When Iowa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, a longtime champion of > inspectors general, read the words "conduct or refrain from > conducting," alarm bells went off. The language means that the board — > whose chairman will be appointed by the president — can reach deep > inside a federal agency and tell an inspector general to lay off some > particularly sensitive subject. Or, conversely, it can tell the > inspector general to go after a tempting political target. > > Grassley was a member of the House-Senate conference committee. Yet he > only learned of the RAT provision buried deep in the 1,073 pages of > wasteful spending when he was tipped off by a worried inspector > general. According to a Democrat Senator, RAT was "something the Obama > administration wanted included in this bill." > > When he learned about RAT, Grassley wanted to voice his objections > before the Senate. But there was no time; they had to hurry up and > vote so that Nazi Pelousy could jet off to Europe — and so that no one > would have time to read the bill. > > This is what the Moonbat Messiah calls "transparency." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
