Jul 20 2009
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 [...]
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Jun 18 2009
Besides Walpin - 3 Other IG Firings Being Questioned
It isn’t just fired IG Gerald Walpin anymore. It turns out that no fewer than three other IG’s have recently been fired
As Dan Riehl’s post points out: The Chicago Tribune reports that it isn’t just Walpin’s firing over which Senator Grassley wants some answers - he’s worried about a pattern emerging in which the independence [...]
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