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COURAGE CAMPAIGN CALLS ON ISSA TO REIMBURSE TAXPAYERS $815,000 FOR “PERSONAL EARMARKS”

After a Think Progress investigation revealed that House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa secured nearly $1 million in federal earmarks for improvements to a Vista, CA neighborhood where he has substantial real estate holdings, the 750,000 member Courage Campaign has called for Issa to reimburse taxpayers the $815,000 in federal money from which his personal business interests stand to benefit. (Read more.)

ISSA’S FUMBLING RESPONSE

The Subcommittee on TARP and Financial Services held hearings Friday on "State And Municipal Debt: The Coming Crisis?" On the same day, Darrell Issa joined Reps. Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes to introduce a bill to ban bailouts of state pension funds. Many state pension funds are facing large deficits because they invested heavily in the stock market during the Bush years and took a large hit when the bottom dropped out of the market near the end of his term. (Read more.)

ISSA CAN’T ESCAPE HIS OWN DISASTER

As Darrell Issa spent his day criticizing the Obama administration for politicizing the Freedom of Information Act process at the Department of Homeland Security, Lee Fang expanded on the brazen, partisan hypocrisy that we touched on Wednesday with a rundown of the decidedly different tune Issa was singing during the Bush years. (Read more.)

DARRELL ISSA BRIBES HIMSELF WITH PERSONAL EARMARKS

As the richest person in the House of Representatives, Darrell Issa has a vast personal empire that includes a wide range of real estate holdings. His dealings around those real estate investments have raised legal and ethical questions in the past, and more recently Roll Call has questioned the line that divides his personal and political interests. (Read more.)

MCHENRY BLOCKS BARNEY FRANK TESTIMONY ON DODD-FRANK

Oversight business kicked off after the recess Wednesday morning with a hearing on whether Dodd-Frank reforms of the financial sector have effectively ended 'too big to fail.' Stirring up the necessary acrimony and controversy, subcommittee chair Patrick McHenry refused to allow Barney Frank -- namesake of the legislation -- to appear at the hearing. McHenry, incidentally, has received major campaign funding from the banking and insurance industries and been called out for conflicts of interest after investigating banker bonuses after accepting contributions from Countrywide. (Read more.)


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