The complaint is widening a rift between Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.).Issa, however, has charged that CREW raises significantly more ethics questions about Republicans than Democrats. The complaint has a long history, and there is even a website devoted to proving it, with statistics detailing which party CREW targets.But in past years, CREW has also faced complaints from the left, such as for investigating an Education Department regulation. In February, the Democracy Alliance, a group of wealthy Democratic benefactors, left CREW off a list of recommended funding priorities, urging its members donate to what are, broadly speaking, more partisan groups.The current flap began July 11, when CREW asked the Justice Department and an independent ethics office to examine whether Issa broke any laws or House rules when he disclosed the contents of a sealed wiretap application in the Congressional Record.As first reported by Roll Call, during floor debate on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for his alleged knowledge of a controversial “gun walking” program on the U.S.-Mexico border, Issa entered into the record a letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) that quotes from and describes a wiretap application that has become central in the oversight committee’s probe of the “Fast and Furious” operation.The wiretap applications are important because they were reviewed and approved by senior Justice Department officials and contain detailed descriptions of the controversial tactics at the heart of the Fast and Furious scandal.Instead of focusing on the substance of the letter, CREW asked whether Issa had broken any laws or standards in disclosing its contents to the public.
i have to plead guilty to biased predjudice, i believe Issa did everything legal and illegal he could make into something against Mr. Holder with a larger target this Admin. he is right wing they have stated their objective before Pres. took office, so how else can you explain little do nothing for the country and the people bills of no consequence and money wasted on such witch hunts it cost congress 60 million to legislate a bill times 31 doesn't really indicate they are concerned about budget. their overreaching has exposed so many hidden ideologies by the right only someone under a rock for last ten years would vote for them.
we need to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Issa's wasting of "we the people's" money and failing miserably in an attempt to take down this admin, can you sat treason?
