Behind Closed Doors
“Staff doesn’t speak for the committee,” a source on Capitol Hill
explained last week. “The committee speaks for the committee.”
That’s the practical meaning of Senate Rule 29, which has been
invoked regarding the Homeland Security and Government Oversight
Committee investigation into last month’s firing of AmeriCorps
inspector [...]
Inspector General Walpin scandal reflects money’s role in politics
The upside to Gerald Walpin’s firing as inspector general for the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps is that he could appear in one of those “Organizing for America” ads that highlight Americans who have lost their jobs along with their health care.
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Trouble on the Right
Left-winger Greg Sargent–the relevance of the characterization will be clear in a moment–writes that former Inspector General Gerald Walpin has requested Congressional hearings into his firing by Barack Obama. What has drawn most notice about Sargent’s piece is his repeated references to “the right” criticizing Walpin’s firing:
“Gerald Walpin, who’s been a hero on the [...]
How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying
As the Tribune Company reports (in nearly identical articles by the same reporters in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times), and as noted by my old blogboss Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, President Barack H. Obama’s firing of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of AmeriCorps — without the required notification of Congress 30 days [...]
Walloping Walpin
House Republican staffers on the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform are mulling their next steps in investigating
last week’s firing of Gerald Walpin as Inspector
General for the Corporation for National and Community Service
and its AmeriCorps program.
On Tuesday, ranking member Darrell Issa sent a
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Walpin Speaks, Obama Administration Clams Up
Fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin has responded aggressively to new claims by the Obama administration that he was fired from his job because he was “confused,” and, perhaps, senile. Byron York records Walpin’s response, which is, to say the least, coherent, much more than we can say for Obama’s ever-shifting stories about why he [...]
