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In reply to the discussion: you all DO realize that if Holder resigns or is fired... [View all]Peaceful Protester
(280 posts)Republicans allocated Ken Starr millions to tell us Clinton had cheated on his wife.
It wasn't until much later we discovered the person leading the charge, Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich, was also simultaneously involved in his own 2nd extramarital affair.
All together the cost of independent probes, by Republicans, into the Clinton administration, came to nearly $80 million taxpayer dollars.
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Ken Starr Revisited?
Since Democrats control the Senate, the White House and federal agencies, Republicans can use House oversight hearings to slow down policies and practices of which they disapprove.
"The ability to hold hearings is a tool to help shape public opinion, put pressure on the Senate and maybe allow you at the end of the day to get concessions from the administration," said former Republican congressman Vin Weber, a Washington lobbyist.
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The ability of this Committee to waste tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on a whim in order to pursue political fishing expeditions and to shape public opinion for partisan purposes is what should be investigated.