Disgusted Democrat Slams Republicans for Running the House Like a Political Circus

[babylonsister]

More of this!!

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/07/disgusted-democrat-slams-republicans-running-house-political-circus.html

Disgusted Democrat Slams Republicans for Running the House Like a Political Circus
By: Sarah Jones
Wednesday, May, 7th, 2014, 7:17 pm



What a day. It started with Republican water carrier Chuck Todd calling the Republican IRS witch hunt what it is on MSNBC: A partisan stunt. So things aren’t going as planned for Republicans.

And then, as Republicans geared up to pass a resolution calling for a Special Counsel to investigate the IRS — because there’s never too many ways to waste taxpayer money for “small government” Republicans when it comes to their campaign sound bites — a disgusted and fed up Sandy Levin (Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI)) called them out on turning the House into a circus.

Rep. Levin (who’s been ON FIRE lately) started off his floor statement by calling out that Republicans were turning the Institution into a political arm of the GOP.

“This Institution must not be turned into an arm of either political party. That’s what House Republicans are doing here. It’s been a year since multiple committee investigations began into the IRS handling of 501 c 4 organizations – and Republicans are no closer to finding evidence to back up their baseless allegations of a ‘White House enemies list’ or a ‘White House culture of cover-up,’ as Republicans said on Day 1.”

In February, it was determined that the Republicans’ IRS witch hunt had already cost taxpayers at least $14 million. In early May, Speaker John Boehner also announced that he was appointing a select committee to investigate Benghazi, so that’s more money being wasted trying to drum up some Republican campaign ad sound bites. Meanwhile, Republicans have already been busted trying to use their fake, ginned up IRS scandal in order to protect their dark money sources like Karl Rove’s Crosssroads.

Levin laid it out:

· More than 250 employees at the IRS have worked more than 100,000 hours and sent nearly 700,000 pages of documents to Ways and Means in response to Republican requests.

· More than 60 interviews have been conducted.

· $14 million in taxpayer money has been spent by the IRS responding to the Congressional Investigations.

“And here is what we know:

· Documents show that the IRS used inappropriate criteria to treat progressive groups as they did for Conservative Groups.

· There was never any evidence of White House involvement. Nada.

· There was never any evidence of political motivation. In fact, before the flawed audit was published last May, the IG’s head of investigations reviewed 5,500 pages of documents and determined that there was ‘no indication that pulling these selected applications was politically motivated.’ Instead, the head of investigations said the cases were consolidated due to ‘unclear processing directions.’

“So the Republicans say they want an independent investigation – but they really want to do is to interrupt the investigation going on and pre-empt it with their own political theatre.

And finally…. Levin slammed Republicans for running the House like a political circus, “This is the House of Representatives, not a political circus.”

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[randys1]

1. Good for her, did the American Taliban rape her and kill her?

I wont doubt it if that happens one day also...

[babylonsister]

3. fyi, Her is a him...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sander_Levin

[randys1]

4. Ooops, well they might rape a man

[pangaia]

7. U, I'm not sure what that rape stuff is about, but..

HIS brother happens to be Senator Carl Levin, who, unfortunately, is retiring.

[randys1]

12. I was just wondering if the American Taliban had raped or killed anyone today

[IronLionZion]

17. dude

[randys1]

18. I know, we arent allowed to go there, yet

I am just trying to get your attention and everybody's

The Benghazi deal will tear this country apart, the cons said NOTHING during the eleven W Benghazi's

I am just getting too angry to deal with it anymore

[Gothmog]

2. The GOP is overplaying a very weak hand

The Benghazi claims are really weak and the GOP is overplaying their hand here. This will backfire on the GOP

[Cosmocat]

5. Yeah

they have been overplaying their hand for 6 years now ...

It is like 98 at this point, people are so burnt out by their over the top crap, they have tuned out and are more apt to give them what they want (winning elections) just to shut them up, like they did with Bush/Gore election ...

[mac56]

6. That's the Republican way.

As Elvis Costello once sang: "Never go further than far too far."

[Cha]

8. chuck todd calling it a witch hunt! Oh dear! Thank you, Sandy Levin(D-MIchigan)

thanks babylonsistah!

[malaise]

9. That Veep skit at the WH Correspondents Dinner with him being drawn as the devil

must have stung

[tblue37]

10. As a pirate, actually. nt

[malaise]

15. LOL n/t

[Cha]

14. One would

hope!

[pansypoo53219]

11. IRS=whitewater, benghazi? WHITEWATER. tarvelgate, fostergate.

benghazi sorta looks like a blue dress to them i guess.

we need to go all 9/11 on these maroons.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

13. John Boehner's driven to tears over that statement

[progressoid]

16. Sorry Sandy, but it IS a political circus.

You may not want it to be, but it is.

[RoccoR5955]

19. This is all a fishing expedition...

They think that they will find something out to impeach Obama, like they did with Clinton.
They have been doing this with Obama since his inauguration.

[arcane1]

21. Do you have any examples of these circus-like tactics?

[Kali]

22. well here come the clowns

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. Don't bother....