GSA

Report Details Overspending That Led To GSA Head's Resignation

Ryan J. Reilly | April 3, 2012, 6:30AM

The inspector general report that led to the resignation of the head of the General Services Administration detailed vast overspending at a 2010 conference near Las Vegas, including a $75,000 team building exercise in which participants constructed bicycles.

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Topics: Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, GSA, Joe Lieberman, Las Vegas, Martha Johnson, Robert A. Peck, Stephen Leeds

Darrell Issa

Cummings Accuses Issa Of Protecting Republicans Caught In Countrywide VIP Loan Program

Ryan J. Reilly | January 18, 2012, 5:32AM

Back in early 2011, House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued his first subpoena for information about members of Congress who received sweetheart mortgage deals under the Countrywide VIP program called "Friends of Angelo." By doing so he abandoned the historical practice of referring matters involving members of Congress directly to the House Ethics Committee, an approach he previously criticized, and instead made it clear he wanted his committee to probe the members' files.

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Topics: Countrywide, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, House Oversight

Justice Department

Amid ATF Fast And Furious Scandal, House Democrats Point To Weak Gun Laws

Ryan J. Reilly | June 30, 2011, 8:00AM

A new report from the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee points to the difficulties that weak gun laws pose for federal agents trying to stop gun trafficking on the Mexican border.

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Topics: Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Fast And Furious, Justice Department, Project Gunrunner

ATF

What To Expect From Darrell Issa's Hearing On ATF's 'Project Gunrunner'

Ryan J. Reilly | June 15, 2011, 5:45AM

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, will hold the most high-profile hearing yet Wednesday in his investigation into Project Gunrunner, the controversial program run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) which apparently let weapons the agency was supposed to keep tabs on end up in the hands of Mexican drug cartels.

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Topics: ATF, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, House Oversight, Justice Department, Project Gunrunner

Darrell Issa

Cummings: Issa Staff Released Document Under Seal In ATF Gunrunner Probe

Ryan J. Reilly | June 14, 2011, 5:45AM

Staffers working for House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) improperly disclosed information about a criminal investigation being run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) which could have compromised ongoing criminal proceedings, according to a letter House Oversight Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent to Issa on Monday.

Justice Department officials met with committee staffers on May 5 and told them the committee had released a document filed under seal, Cummings wrote. A federal district court judge had issued an order prohibiting the public release of a particular document, according to Cummings' letter.

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Topics: ATF, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives, DOJ, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Justice Department, Project Gunrunner

Darrell Issa

Issa Wouldn't Let Witness Testify In Favor Of Disclosure By Government Contractors

Ryan J. Reilly | May 12, 2011, 10:45AM

House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) refused a request Thursday from the ranking Democratic member, Elijah Cummings (D-MD), to allow the head of a government watchdog to testify in support of an executive order which would require government contractors to disclose more information about their political donations.

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Topics: Citizens United, Contractors, Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, Fred Wertheimer

Darrell Issa

Issa: DHS FOIA Process 'Reeks Of A Nixonian Enemies List'

Ryan J. Reilly | March 31, 2011, 10:01AM

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has trumped up scandals involving the Obama administration that have turned out to be duds. But in his probe of political interference in the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) at the Department of Homeland Security, it looks like Issa has the goods.

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Topics: Darrell Issa, Department of Homeland Security, Elijah Cummings, FOIA, House Oversight, Janet Napolitano

Darrell Issa

Cummings and Issa Clash At First Oversight Committee Hearing (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | January 26, 2011, 11:30AM

Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) clashed over opening statements at the first hearing of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

Both sides say Issa told Cummings 30 minutes before today's hearing that there would be no opening statements issued at the hearing, which focused on government oversight over money distributed under the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).

Spokesman Kurt Bardella told TPM that Issa killed the idea of opening statements in order to skip the "political speechifying" which ate up time. "The American people wants Congress to listen more and talk less," Bardella said.

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Topics: Darrell Issa, Elijah Cummings, House Oversight, House Oversight and Government Reform, Oversight Committee, elijah cummings