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riversedge

(70,220 posts)
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 05:18 PM Aug 2017

REMINDER: 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





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

Trump’s 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 administration’s 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 #1
Agencies respond to Congressmen Senators regardless of party benld74 Aug 2017 #2
White House says the Constitution is unimportant............. Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #3

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
1. The Democrats need to say that the news is not good because if it was good news
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 05:26 PM
Aug 2017

The Asylum would release good news ............ they are hiding under the hood


cockroaches hide from the light

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