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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Darrell Issa Embarks On Charm Offensive, Lays Out Bipartisan Agenda (VIDEO)

Ryan J. Reilly | November 8, 2010, 1:12PM


Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

All the predictions had Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the chairman-in-waiting of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, embarking on a partisan subpoena spree, dredging up various conservatives' pet issues to take shots at the Obama administration.

But in making the media rounds over the past week as part of an apparent charm offensive, Issa insisted over and over again that he'll take a more middle-of-the-road approach.

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Topics: Darrell Issa, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Joe Sestak, Minerals Management Service

Michael Steele

Steele Asks DOJ To Investigate Sestak

Ryan J. Reilly | August 18, 2010, 10:30PM


Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Wednesday urged the Department of Justice to investigate last year's efforts by the White House to convince Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) to abandon his Senate campaign against Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA).

In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, Steele wrote that the public had "heard several different versions of whether or not Congressman Joe Sestak was offered a job or appointment if he were to forgo his campaign for the United States Senate," CNN reported.

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Topics: Bill Clinton, Eric Holder, Joe Sestak, Justice Department, Michael Steele, White House

Joe Sestak

Even CREW Says Sestak's Claim Of Job Offer Is No Scandal

Zachary Roth | May 25, 2010, 3:28PM


Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA)

Republicans have been launching a full-court press to trumpet the claim by Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) that the White House offered him a job in exchange for dropping out of the Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate, in an effort to clear the field for its favored candidate, Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA). One GOP lawmaker has called for a criminal probe, alleging possible illegal conduct. But several experts tell TPMmuckraker this is much ado about nothing.

Last month, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) urged the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to look into Sestak's claim, which Issa says amounts to an accusation of a bribe. The White House has said that nothing inappropriate happened. And on Friday, reports Politico, DOJ responded by denying the request.

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Topics: Arlen Specter, Darrell Issa, Joe Sestak, Justice Department, Karl Rove

Darrell Issa

No Let Up: Darrell Issa's Tireless Quest For Scandal

Zachary Roth | April 23, 2010, 8:35AM


Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Remember the 1990s, when Newt Gingrich, Dan Burton and co. managed to create a steady stream of outrage by playing up every Clinton administration "scandal," no matter how minor? Or how about the last years of the Bush administration, when Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) seemed to function as a one-man investigative machine, making sure that no Bush administration wrong-doing went unexamined?

Today that role is being played by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the ranking Republican on the House Oversight committee. But despite the steady stream of made-to-order conspiracy theories coming from Fox News and the Tea Party crowd, it's a much harder job. That's largely because Issa's party is in the minority, so he doesn't have the power to compel testimony or subpoena documents. And it's perhaps also because, though the Obama administration is far from squeaky clean, Issa just hasn't had the kind of material to work with that his predecessors did.

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