Boxy is funny when he's in Damage Control Troll mode.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Boxy is funny when he's in Damage Control Troll mode.
No damage control necessary. America sees these GOP political controversies as just that... political posturing.
With the President's approval ratings still near 50%... and the GOP controlled congress approval barely in the teens... These "scandals" hopefully will last all year!!!
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
No damage control necessary. America sees these GOP political controversies as just that... political posturing.
With the President's approval ratings still near 50%... and the GOP controlled congress approval barely in the teens... These "scandals" hopefully will last all year!!!
Glad to see your ok with suppressing political speech.
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Interviews with IRS agent suggest Tea Party targeting came from Washington Published June 02, 2013
Interviews with an IRS field agent involved in the agency targeting Tea Party groups for additional vetting appear to contradict the White House assertion that rogue agents, not the administration, were behind the effort, according to partial transcripts released Sunday by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
The agent in the Cincinnati office, in which the targeting took place, told congressional investigators that he or she was told in March 2010 by a supervisor to search for Tea Party groups applying for tax-exempt status and that “Washington, D.C., wanted some cases.”
The agent said that by April the office had held up roughly 40 cases and at least seven were sent to Washington. In addition, the agent said, a second IRS employee asked for information on two other specific applicants in which Washington was interested.
When asked by congressional investigators about allegations and press reports about two agents in Cincinnati essentially being responsible for the targeting, the agent responded:
“It's impossible. As an agent we are controlled by many, many people. We have to submit many, many reports. So the chance of two agents being rogue and doing things like that could never happen. … They were basically throwing us underneath the bus.”
The administration has denied involvement in the scandal, repeatedly saying it was limited to the Cincinnati office.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney has appeared to give conflicting statements on the scandal including whether top White House officials knew only of the inspector general’s probe into the targeting of politically conservative groups or if they were told about the bombshell findings when briefed in late April.
Carney also said the top officials decided not to tell President Obama to avoid any possibility of the White House interfering in the investigation.
On Sunday, California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affair Committee, accused Carney of being untruthful about the scandal.
“Their paid liar, their spokesperson … he’s still making up things about what happened and calling this a local rogue,” Issa said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
The congressman also provided the network with a copy of the transcript in which the agent said he or she followed directions from Washington. However, when asked if the Tea Party scrutiny came directly from Washington the agency said “I believe so.”
Officials have also said the targeting was not politically motivated though it appeared to last until nearly the end of the 2012 election cycle and did not appear to target liberal-leaning political groups.
At least three congressional committees are already investigating the scandal, which widened last week to include revelations about the agency spending roughly $60,000 on team-building videos that spoofed the TV shows “Star Trek” and “Gilligan’s Island.” And new IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel has vowed to conduct a full investigation.
In addition, the Treasury Department’s inspector general released a preliminary report this weekend that shows the IRS spent about $50 million to hold at least 220 conferences for employees from 2010 to 2012, according to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, with the full report to be released later this week.
Steve Miller, the acting IRS director when the scandal broke, resigned May 15 after Obama and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew asked for his resignation.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The Honorable J. Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, testified Monday in a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing on the IRS “scandal”. George based his testimony on an audit in which they found a few things that don’t bode well for conservatives’ “social welfare groups”, since they outspent liberals 34-1 via nonprofits on political issues. Namely, the IRS needs to investigate more of these groups that are “intervening” in political campaigns, not less.
The audit “determined that the majority of the 296 potential political cases we reviewed included indications of significant political campaign intervention.” This means that the majority reviewed were engaging in activities that warranted a review under the law.
George explained that of the 296 cases singled out for review, the majority had indications of significant political campaign intervention. 91 cases did not (31%). Of those 91, only 17 involved Tea Party, Patriots, or 9/12 groups.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
No damage control necessary. America sees these GOP political controversies as just that... political posturing.
With the President's approval ratings still near 50%... and the GOP controlled congress approval barely in the teens... These "scandals" hopefully will last all year!!!
When did the GOP take over the Senate???
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Man! I'm right on this board 100 times in a row... teaching the unteachable... educating the inept... motivating the unmotivated... leading the unwilling in my quest to bring some reason and logic to this board.... and Screw up just once... and it's an issue!!!
OK. There. Now I can get back to being right for the next 100 issues again! ______________________________________________________________________________________
BTW, The MAJORITY of the US Congress is made up of Republicans, even though the Senate is by a very slight margin is Democrat. Senate party standings (as of June 3, 2013) 52 Democrats 2 Independents, both caucusing with Democrats 45 Republicans 1 vacant
House party standings (as of May 7, 2013) 201 Democrats 233 Republicans 1 vacant
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
The MAJORITY of the US Congress is made up of Republicans, even though the Senate is by a very slight margin is Democrat.
The Democrats have the Senate and the White House. You do understand that the two houses of congress do not count their votes on pieces of legislation as one whole legislative body right? If your logic were true, then the countless republican proposed budgets over the past 2+ years would have passed. But the Senate shot them down.
The Democrats have the Senate and the White House. You do understand that the two houses of congress do not count their votes on pieces of legislation as one whole legislative body right?
That was never my point. The US public is disgusted with the US CONGRESS (both the House and the Senate) while the President still has good approval ratings, in the poll that I posted. The majority of the US Congress (with approval of 15%) IS MADE UP OF REPUBLICANS.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
That was never my point. The US public is disgusted with the US CONGRESS (both the House and the Senate) while the President still has good approval ratings, in the poll that I posted. The majority of the US Congress (with approval of 15%) IS MADE UP OF REPUBLICANS.
No, it's made up of a Republican majority one House, and a Democrat majority in the other House. It's divided government. Your assertion isn't even close to accurate. The fact is, the Democrats control one house of Congress and the White House. The only majority the Republicans have is in one House of Congress.
Democrats have a two to one advantage in the legislative process. They have one house that can write legislation(Senate) and the White House to sign them into law. The Republicans only have the House of Reps.
No, it's made up of a Republican majority one House, and a Democrat majority in the other House. It's divided government. Your assertion isn't even close to accurate. The fact is, the Democrats control one house of Congress and the White House. The only majority the Republicans have is in one House of Congress.
Democrats have a two to one advantage in the legislative process. They have one house that can write legislation(Senate) and the White House to sign them into law. The Republicans only have the House of Reps.
The Board Nit Picker is Pickin Nits again!
Cicero is sooooo looking for an issue... any issue to some how validate his extremist views.
Cissy... look up and see the graph of the Senate (Dem majority) and the House (Rep majority)... ~ I posted nothing about their function, yet you continue... ~ The graph above shows a MAJORITY of Republicans in the total US Congress. ~ The Poll way above that I posted shows a approval of that body that hovers in the mid teens. ~ The above poll shows a huge disapproval of that body made up of both Dems and Reps. ~ There is a majority of Reps TOTAL NUMBER IN BOTH HOUSES.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Not nit picking, just clarifying for those that may not know how the federal government operates. Some may actually read your attempts to be deceptive as facts. Or maybe I'm over estimating you knowledge of how the federal government works, you may really believe this garbage.
People's approval rating of congress is low because they write the laws. They are ALL viewed as useless and corrupt.
BTW, congressional approval rating was 13% in 2010 when democrats controlled BOTH Houses of congress. So if its in the teens, it actually WENT UP!
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