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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsREMINDER: The White House ordered all government agencies to ignore any Democrats oversight request
WeThePeople🇺🇸🇺🇸 and 3 others liked
🇨🇦 Monte Alto 🇺🇸? @Monte_Alto 15h15 hours ago
REMINDER: The White House ordered all government agencies to ignore any Democrats oversight requests #CorruptAF
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I feel bad for the Democrats lots of time. They try to do good but are hit in the face all the time.
White House orders agencies to ignore Democrats oversight requests
Trumps aides are trying to shut down the release of information that could be used to attack the president
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/02/federal-agencies-oversight-requests-democrats-white-house-239034
By BURGESS EVERETT and JOSH DAWSEY
06/02/2017 05:11 AM EDT
The Trump administrations plans to stonewall Democrats is in many ways unprecedented and could lead to a worsening of the gridlock in Washington. | Getty
The White House is telling federal agencies to blow off Democratic lawmakers' oversight requests, as Republicans fear the information could be weaponized against President Donald Trump.
At meetings with top officials for various government departments this spring, Uttam Dhillon, a White House lawyer, told agencies not to cooperate with such requests from Democrats, according to Republican sources inside and outside the administration.
It appears to be a formalization of a practice that had already taken hold, as Democrats have complained that their oversight letters requesting information from agencies have gone unanswered since January, and the Trump administration has not yet explained the rationale.
The declaration amounts to a new level of partisanship in Washington, where the president and his administration already feels besieged by media reports and attacks from Democrats. The idea, Republicans said, is to choke off the Democratic congressional minorities from gaining new information that could be used to attack the president.
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A White House spokeswoman said the policy of the administration is to accommodate the requests of chairmen, regardless of their political party. There are no Democratic chairmen, as Congress is controlled by Republicans........................................
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REMINDER: The White House ordered all government agencies to ignore any Democrats oversight request (Original Post)
riversedge
Aug 2017
OP
The Democrats need to say that the news is not good because if it was good news
Angry Dragon
Aug 2017
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Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)1. The Democrats need to say that the news is not good because if it was good news
The Asylum would release good news ............ they are hiding under the hood
cockroaches hide from the light
benld74
(9,911 posts)2. Agencies respond to Congressmen Senators regardless of party
Agencies jobs are service to all
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)3. White House says the Constitution is unimportant.............