GOP Takes Aim At Companies On Obama’s Jobs Council

[Swede]

House Republicans are no longer content to use the investigative powers of Congress to go after President Obama’s healthcare overhaul by compelling Obama administration to cough up information and testify before their committees.

In recent weeks, the GOP has launched a dragnet for internal information from companies with ties to the White House about the healthcare law and its impact on business.

The move has Democrats crying foul and accusing Republicans of abusing their investigative authority to intimidate company executives who are cooperating with President Obama and serving on his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.

Earlier this month, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee sent 23 letters to executives on the President’s Council seeking information about the impact of the Obama’s healthcare law. But the request appeared more like a witch hunt, Democrats argue, because Republicans asked for a voluminous amount of material, including all emails from all company employees even mentioning the healthcare law.



http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/10/gop-takes-aim-at-companies-on-obamas-jobs-council.php

[mwooldri]

1. Eeps! All email from all companies mentioning "healthcare law" ???

I guess my work email box will be scanned then... *giggle*

What would the GOP want with the email of an "entry-level employee" (read: the grunt workforce who don't supervise) casually asking the HR department what will the changes be to the company health plan given that the ACA passed ????

I say it must be a witch hunt.

Disclaimer: I work for a company where the CEO *is* on the President's Council on Jobs. As an "entry-level employee".

[Sheepshank]

3. All email from all companies mentioning "healthcare law" ???

I guess my job is cut out for me for the next while....those two words are going to be showing up a lot is all sorts of context :)

[Bake]

2. They might want to be careful about pissing off General Electric ...

Immelt might not approve.

Bake

[mwooldri]

4. How far back would these emails have to go?

I am sure Keith Olbermann is likely to have had plenty of emails about "Healthcare Reform", as would the present slate of MSNBC presenters. If the 1% Party wants to go and read his emails, I'm pretty sure Keith would oblige, but the poor IT guys who have to go through *all* that email.

Also one has to be aware that American Express, General Electric, Xerox, etc. do a lot of business with each other. That's a lot of people who would be PO'd.