Barack Obama campaigned on changing the culture of Washington to bring more openness, transparency, and accountability to the Beltway. Yesterday, Congress discovered that change actually meant going in the other direction. The White House informed Congress that it would not make its policy czars available for testimony before Congress, setting up a potential showdown between the two branches of government:
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. READ MORE...
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