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To: TheBigIf
“...Congress somehow are the supervisors of themselves and the other two branches.”

I take corruption seriously. The fact that all these Branches have different functions and different kinds of oversight does not register to you.

The Executive Branch takes the money, diverts it through various departments, in charge of executing the laws, and other such powers like negotiating treaties.

The Legislative Branch is in charge of, to save my fingers Ar.1, section 8, impeachment/conviction, etc...

Oversight on Congresscritters by an investigation dept. of Executive Branch consist of corruption, bribes, and other laws if one or a group working together break. Hence we are not looking at various departments etc. they are looking for individuals, all these guys do is create stuff, to often times, spend on things they favor.

Oversight on the Exec. Branch consist of departments being managed correctly by not themselves but by Congress (As well as other Exec. Dept.), laws the Leg. pass are be followed correctly, and that abuses are not occurring. To deny this responsibility is asking for bad government with no responsibility what so ever. You actually approve of this? Good grief. Are you a relative of a Truman Administration employee that got busted by an oversight committee for abusing funds?

What is your take on the mid 1990’s IRS abuses found by a congressional oversight committee which led to reform protecting the tax payer? I guess all that stuff was unconstitutional in your eyes (Bad Congress, sticking your nose in the Executive's business).

80 posted on 12/23/2008 12:11:39 PM PST by rollo tomasi (Working hard to pay for deadbeats and corrupt politicians.)
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To: rollo tomasi

It does not register to you that all three branches already have the means through the powers enumerated to them through the Constitution to check and balance each other. You seem to think though that the Executive cannot execute its power as Commander in Chief without having Congress act as supervisor. The interpretation that you have given of the power granted to Congress would mean that the Executive should turn over all of its communications and records to Congress on a daily basis for supervision. Your view of the Constitution is ridiculous and dangerous.


82 posted on 12/23/2008 12:21:37 PM PST by TheBigIf
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