Posted on 01/06/2011 1:56:14 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Republicans introduce bill to eliminate presidential 'czars' By Michael O'Brien - 01/06/11 04:15 PM ET
A group of House Republicans introduced a bill on Wednesday to rein in the various "czars" in the Obama administration.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and 28 other House Republicans introduced legislation to do away with the informal, paid advisers President Obama has employed over the past two years.
The legislation, which was introduced in the last Congress but was not allowed to advance under Democratic control, would do away with the 39 czars Obama has employed during his administration.
The bill defines a czar as "a head of any task force, council, policy office within the Executive Office of the President, or similar office established by or at the direction of the President" who is appointed to a position that would otherwise require Senate confirmation.
Republicans had complained about the president's use of czars to help advance his agenda in Congress. In particular, the GOP had harped about the personal history of Van Jones, the president's czar for "green jobs," over past comments Jones had made about Fox News came to light. Jones eventually resigned.
Another prominent czar over the past year was Carol Browner, the president's energy and environmental adviser. She helped head up efforts in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and the ultimately unsuccessful effort for an energy and climate bill from Congress.
Republicans introduced several bills to eliminate czars in the last Congress, but similar legislation could conceivably advance in the House now that the GOP controls the chamber.
"We haven’t gotten an indication of an exact timeline for committee action, considering that the bill was just filed yesterday," said Scalise spokesman Stephen Bell. "We hope to have this discussion in the near future as the congressman works to pursue all the bills he has introduced in the 112th Congress."
#20 died last month.
I hope this isn't all just disingenuous theater to look good starting out. Unless they maintain this track, we're dead.
Time to give Obama a spanking.
Rino pigs are a little nervous lately as their kind is becomming extinct. So too are alot of dems.
Maybe this batch of pubbies are a more manley form of conservative?
Good point though as far too often the pubbie try to cozie uop to the M.S.M. scum.
Richard Holbrooke: Deceased Czar.
How about introducing a bill to cut to ribbons the salaries of presidential czars? Then they’ll go away by themselves.
A big step in the right direction!!!
wow, you mean BO can’t payoff his clueless buddies with taxpayer dollars. What has corruption come to? Very sad. Moochelle will be devastated.
These are the 'jobs' ... "created"
Obama's stash.
So far I have been right proud of our boys in the house, and am so enjoying how the dummiecrats are spitting and spouting about how they are being left out of the process. heh heh!
Payback is a real bite, ain’t it!
Depends on your POV, I think they are a huge concern especially since we've recently seen things like:
EPA Green House Gas Rules
Net Neutrality Rules
Re-emergence of Death Panels...
and those are just the most recent ones that come to mind. These czars advance the agendas without the rule of law, but through the exceptions to the law, that makes them more dangerous than congress. We all thought Cap N Tax was what needed to be fought, it is us...who were tilting with windmills.
It IS lookin’ good, ain’t it !
“They are paid with
POWER!”
Right that is the end game here.
“How are these czars paid?”
Obama’s stash.”
Exactly, there needs to be hearings on these clowns.
Wow! Thanks for the list!
DEFUND it ALL.
They forget the Poor Wh*re Czar to oversee the stimulation of destitute protitutes....
I’m very happy about this. Bambi’s end-run around the Constitution - essentially usurping legislative authority through the appointment of czars who impose policies administratively - may be at an end.
And we’ve got to walk back every step of it. He has already done enormous damage to the US and it must be undone.
Good start, Congress!
Go get ‘em, boys and girls...
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