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Issa presses W.H. for travel answers
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Jun 04, 2010 01:53pm |
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| Author | CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN |
| News Date | Friday, June 4, 2010 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
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The top Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is pressing the administration to disclose the White House political office’s role in coordinating taxpayer-funded travel by government officials on behalf of Democratic candidates.
Opening a new front in his push to investigate the Obama administration, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) sent a letter Thursday to 21 Cabinet secretaries and department heads, seeking details on their political and official travel since February 2009, and whether the Office of Political Affairs coordinated those trips.
The inquiry is a new twist on a fight that congressional Democrats first waged against former President George W. Bush. In October 2008, the House oversight committee, then chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), issued a report accusing the Bush White House of using the political office more aggressively than its predecessors to coordinate campaign travel. The report urged Congress to eliminate the office. |
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