Darrell Issa apologizes to Elijah Cummings
By: John Bresnahan
March 6, 2014 11:29 PM EST
Controversial GOP Rep. Darrell Issa has apologized to the top Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee following an ugly incident during a Wednesday hearing on alleged IRS abuses.
Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had the microphone for Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings cut off during the middle of a statement by the Maryland lawmaker. The move infuriated Cummings and other Democrats, who went to the House floor on Thursday with a motion condemning Issa’s actions.
While Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other Republicans backed him and easily defeated the Democratic motion, the partisan controversy threatened to derail Issa’s investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted conservative nonprofit groups.
Issa called Cummings on Thursday evening to offer his apologies, Cummings said in a statement released by his office.
(More here.)
March 6, 2014 11:29 PM EST
Controversial GOP Rep. Darrell Issa has apologized to the top Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee following an ugly incident during a Wednesday hearing on alleged IRS abuses.
Issa, a California Republican and chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, had the microphone for Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings cut off during the middle of a statement by the Maryland lawmaker. The move infuriated Cummings and other Democrats, who went to the House floor on Thursday with a motion condemning Issa’s actions.
While Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other Republicans backed him and easily defeated the Democratic motion, the partisan controversy threatened to derail Issa’s investigation into whether the IRS improperly targeted conservative nonprofit groups.
Issa called Cummings on Thursday evening to offer his apologies, Cummings said in a statement released by his office.
(More here.)
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Issa should have apologized to Cummings. Lerner should have answered Issa's questions after all, if she has nothing to hide she has nothing to hide. Or does she?
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