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ORIGINAL: tazzygirl quote:
Oh, but guess what? The Chairman of that Committee isn't a Republican. And this matters how in relationship to my question? I made a point that it was strange to me that the primary Democrat which holds the greatest authority for the actions of the DHS wasn't mentioned by name, and the Republican (who isn't even in the chain-of-command) was mentioned twice. I was just following up with the observation that the "Independent Democrat who caucuses with the Democrats and was the Democratic VP candidate in 2004" has the same general oversight in the Senate that King does in the House, yet the Senate oversight isn't mentioned at all. quote:
ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Sometimes a question is merely to gain information, not as a gotcha. And you answered your own question in post 19, but then asked "someone" to "clue you in". Which I did, in the very next post. quote:
ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Yes, Lieberman is in charge in the Senate... and Independent. Feel better? See my above response about Libermann, the "Independent Democrat" (btw, he is listed as "Democrat" on the official Senate page for the committee. I gave you the link earlier). quote:
ORIGINAL: tazzygirl So its Janet who is in charge and she doesnt answer to anyone but the President. She works directly for and takes orders from the President. The Congress has legislative establishment authority, funding authority and general policy oversight authority. quote:
ORIGINAL: tazzygirl Where do the committees fall in relationship to reporting? Still trying to make King the bad guy, huh? Whenever the Congressional Committees wants, but generally during budget preparations, and if the Department has an issue that rises to the Congresses' attention and they want to hold hearings. Kinda like the Department of Justice, and their problems with the "Fast and Furious" program, or the Department of Energy and the Solyndra loan deals. Firm
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