Steven Ertelt,LifeNews.com The top Republican on the House committee charged with health care oversight is planning an investigation of the inclusion and subsequent removal of the controversial “death panels” from the Obamacare health care law. Under the regulations the Obama administration put in place in December,doctors would instruct patients in the annual [...] The Washington Times The Black Panther voter-intimidation scandal is approaching the boiling point on four different burners. Evidence grows that the Justice Department is using illegitimate means to keep a lid on legitimate investigations. Because his department can’t be trusted to police itself,Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. needs to appoint a special counsel. [...] Jerry Seper,The Washington Times The Justice Department stonewalled efforts by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to investigate the dismissal of a civil complaint against the New Black Panther Party,leaving open the question of whether the department is willing to pursue civil rights cases in which whites are “the perceived [...] Ken Boehm,NLPC.org Yesterday I wrote Reps. Edolphus Towns (D-NY) and Darryl Issa (R-CA),the chair and ranking member of the House Government Oversight Committee,urging a thorough investigation of both Google Street View and the FTC’s recent conduct during its investigation of the program. Click here for a 6-page pdf of the letter [...] Steve Milloy,The Washington Times If California’s Republican Rep. Darrell Issa plans on investigating the Obama administration,he needs to read and digest M. Stanton Evans’gripping book Blacklisted by History:The True Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America’s Enemies (Crown Forum,2007). The left is already trying to liken [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Suddenly,as if they realize the president’s crimes against liberty have become too well known,the media have exploded with reports of Obama’s impending impeachment. The Daily Caller has a piece stating,“Liberals Worry GOP Will Attempt to Impeach Obama.” The Christian Science Monitor asks,“Will Republicans Now Impeach [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com We were disappointed when incoming Government Reform and Oversight Committee chairman Darrell Issa seemed to sidle up to Barack Obama by saying there was “not a chance” he would consider investigations that might lead to impeachment,at least “at this point.” Issa channeled Chris Matthews in his most recent [...] Jim Hoft,Gateway Pundit Jim Hoft of the Gateway Pundit blog recently interviewed Congressman Steve King,R-IA,who told Hoft the GOP plans a number of wide-ranging investigations into the Obama administration and its allies beginning next year. Hoft asked,“Will there be any investigation into the dishonest accounting practices used by [...] Patrick O’Connor and James Rowley,Bloomberg BusinessWeek U.S. Representative Darrell Issa,poised to be chairman of the House Oversight Committee if Republicans regain the majority on Nov. 2,accused President Barack Obama today of “playing faster and looser with the rules” than former Republican President George W. Bush. The comparison,defending earlier [...] | |