Issa chastises Cummings with letter
Publisher's note: While I'm in complete agreement with Mr. Issa as to how he conducted himself during the latest 'testimony' of Lois Lerner, We the People are still no closer to getting to the bottom of the IRS targeting conservatives, and Lois Lerner is no closer to jail.
The other day I saw something that said, loosely paraphrased:
"Every time there is a major event on an issue, the news reports say something like, "the democrats scored a major victory today," or "the republicans soundly defeated the democrats today." Well, screw the democrats and the republicans. The real question that needs to be asked when the dust settles each and every time is "did the American people win or lose today."
It seems to me it was a good day for Mr. Issa and republicans, and not such a good day for Mr. Cummins and democrats; but it didn't effect us one iota.
Fox News: Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has penned a personal, scathing letter to his Democratic counterpart on the House oversight committee, escalating the public feud between the two high-ranking lawmakers amid the committee's investigation into IRS targeting.
The letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., top Democrat on that committee, was obtained by Fox News. In it, Issa countered, point by point, a series of claims that Cummings and two legal experts made earlier this week about whether former IRS official Lois Lerner could be held in contempt for refusing to testify.
Issa went further, effectively accusing Cummings of running interference on behalf of his party and the administration.
"... rather than pursuing the facts where they lead -- which is the function of effective congressional oversight -- you have made yourself an obstacle to effective congressional oversight, in effect, a defense counsel for Lerner and others who acted to deprive Americans of their constitutionally-guaranteed rights," the committee chairman wrote.