Elizabeth Warren

Dems Say McHenry Owes Warren An Apology Over 'False Accusations'

Ryan J. Reilly | May 26, 2011, 11:45AM

Patrick McHenry and Elizabeth Warren

Six Democrats in the House are asking Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) to apologize to Elizabeth Warren for accusing her of lying about an agreement she had with the Oversight Committee to end her testimony Tuesday at a predesignated time. But Republicans have released an email that appears to show there was no guarantee Warren could leave after an hour of testimony.

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Elizabeth Warren

House GOP And Elizabeth Warren Can't Even Agree Over Meeting Time

Ryan J. Reilly | May 24, 2011, 3:35PM

Patrick McHenry and Elizabeth Warren

House Republicans and Elizabeth Warren don't agree on much, including whether they had an arrangement allowing Warren to leave a subcommittee hearing where she was testifying Tuesday at a set time so she could make her other obligations.

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Darrell Issa

Team Issa Plans Hundreds Of Oversight Hearings

Ryan J. Reilly | November 9, 2010, 2:25PM

Reps. Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Darrell Issa (R-CA)

Darrell Issa -- the chairman-in-waiting of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform -- wants each of his seven subcommittees to hold one or two hearings a week, for a total of seven hearings per week during a 40-week period, he told Politico. That would mean nearly 300 hearings.

Issa also said he is looking at members like Reps. Jason Chaffetz of Utah, Patrick McHenry of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio to chair some of the seven subcommittees of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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Muslim Mafia

Tom Coburn Joins Campaign Against Muslim Group

Justin Elliott | November 18, 2009, 10:53AM

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Via Dave Weigel, it looks like Tom Coburn (R-OK) has become the first senator to cast his lot with the group of House Republicans pursuing a campaign against the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Though not explicitly invoked in a new letter to the IRS, the effort stems from purported revelations in the book Muslim Mafia, whose author recently made -- then retracted -- a call for a "backlash" against Muslims in the wake of the Fort Hood shootings.

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