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Did Secretary LaHood lie to Congress?
By: David Freddoso
Commentary Staff Writer
08/05/09 8:08 AM EDT
Rep.
Darrell Issa, R-Calif., the ranking member on the Government Oversight
Committee, has written White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel
requesting information about whether Emanuel coordinated a political
multi-agency response to Republican criticisms of the stimulus.
Specifically, the question is whether he put four cabinet
secretaries up to writing bullying letters to Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer,
R. The letters asked whether Arizona wanted its stimulus funds cut off,
shortly after Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., suggested repealing the stimulus
package. In this Politico story
by Jonathan Martin, two administration officials have confirmed
Emanuel's involvement in demanding that the secretaries write the
letters.
[A]fter seeing [Sen. Jon] Kyl [R-Ariz.]
and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) again paint the legislation
as a failure on Sunday talk shows, White House chief of staff
Rahm Emanuel directed that the letters from the Cabinet secretaries be
sent to Brewer, according to two administration officials.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Did-Secretary-LaHood-lie-to-Congress-52514122.html