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Posted: Jul 8, 2016

Reduction(CSR) payments for years over the objections of IRS officials, according to a report released today by the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Since Congress launched its investigation, multiple agencies have refused to provide information, selectively applied the law, and even pressured one witness not to testify..... Since Congress launched its investigation, multiple Obama government agencies have undertaken a concerted effort to hide the truth by refusing to provide, or unlawfully redacting documents, refusing to answer questions or allow witnesses to testify, and selectively applying the law. In at least one case, the Obama administration pressured a witness into not revealing information, and in another case the administration prevented a witness from answering questions. As the report notes: •The Department of the Treasury improperly withheld and redacted documents without any valid legal basis to do so. •The Department of Health and Human Services improperly withheld documents without any valid legal basis to do so. •The Office of Management and Budget improperly withheld documents without any valid legal basis to do so. •The Department of the Treasury failed to search for records responsive to the committees’ subpoenas. •Treasury used regulations and Testimony Authorizations to prohibit current and former IRS employees from providing testimony to Congress about the source of funding for the CSR program. •Treasury officials selectively enforced the law by allowing witnesses to answer certain questions prohibited by the authorizations without objection •HHS counsel prevented witnesses from answering substantive questions regarding the CSR, citing the need to protect “internal deliberations” and “confidentiality interests” •Witnesses were instructed not to reveal the names of White House and DoJ officials involved in decisions regarding the cost sharing reduction program. •The Department of the Treasury pressured at least one witness into following the restrictions set forth in his Testimony Authorization after the witness questioned Treasury’s ability to limit his testimony. •OMB prevented a witness from answering factual questions regarding the dates or times of a meeting or conversation, refusing to invoke a legal privilege to justify withholding the information from Congress. ;

Lawyers for Obama Treasury Dept. threatened an IRS - employee before his testimony

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to Congressional investigators over the administration’s illegal funding of Obamacare “Cost Sharing Reduction” (CSR) payments. The employee, IRS Chief Risk Officer David Fisher, was threatened with an “overly broad, inapplicable regulation.”...

The administration went to extreme lengths to hide the truth throughout the entire investigation. Since the House Ways and Means Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee launched its investigation, multiple agencies have refused to provide information, selectively applied the law, and even pressured one witness not to testify. As the report notes:

“The Administration successfully limited the testimony of most of their current and former employees by sending Administration counsels to attend the interviews. These counsels instructed witnesses not to provide full and complete answers to the Committees’ questions.”

Obama modified and ignored many parts of Obamacare and changed - the rules, which is illegal

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and needs to be passed by Congress.

We are a lawless nation now.

The perils of a e-learning Congress. - nm

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Do-nothing Congress. nm - Oops!

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Unconstutional executive branch action. Just because the - Congress doesn't act fast enough

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for the president, he has overreached his executive branch power. The leftist media doesn't care, but if Trump gets elected watch how fast they change their tune about the separation of powers.

Fast enough? They don't act at all! The business of... - sm

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The country needs to get done. If Congress won't do their job(s), it is the obligation of the president, under the restraint and oversight of the judicial branch, to step in and do what needs to be done.
Hardly. That's not how this government works. - The powers of the branches are clear.
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You must be thinking of a banana republic. In this country, one branch of government CANNOT usurp the powers of any other branch. It is as much the prerogative of Congress to "do nothing" on any particular matter as to "do something." Indeed, doing nothing IS doing something - and very often the very best thing.

Obama has repeatedly overstepped the authority of his office. That he has managed to get away with doing so is one of the most puzzling and disturbing aspects of his administration.

But not the only one.
If that's the case, why do we even need Congress? - If the US president can rule by executive
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order or decree, why even have 3 branches of govt.? We have separation of powers and our founders gave the legislative power to Congress. America’s system of checks and balances was meant as a guard against tyranny.
That is why the law allows Executive Orders. - nm
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There are checks and balances in place, ultimately any disputes resolved by the SCOTUS.
No they are not. The pres can veto but then it goes - back to committees to draw
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up a new bill or reject it from even being brought up again.



The Supreme Court or the judicial branch is supposed to - determine whether a law is
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constitutional, not make law. That branch has overstepped it's powers too.
Ginsburg just insinuated herself into the presidential race, ranting - about Trump. I have never heard
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a SC Justice weigh in on an election.

We desperately need the entire judicial branch to return to the rule of law, instead of legislating and ruling based on personal biases and political opinions.

Anyone can call her vote before the case is even heard now. I thought USSC justices were supposed to be apolitical.
You are quite wrong. Executive orders were never intended to - SUBVERT legislation but to IMPLEMENT it.
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It never ceases to amaze me how badly some people misunderstand how the Constitution works.

When the President has a matter on which he wishes legislation to be passed, it isn't "my way or the highway" with regard to Congress. The role of the President is to persuade, to lead, to convince Congress. However, if Congress is disinclined to enact legislation that the President might wish for, THAT'S THE END OF THE MATTER.

You really need to get this straight.
Obligation? What's striking is how the president has - convinced people this is the case,
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overstepping the authority of the executive branch and half the country doesn't even know it's unconstitutional!

I blame it partly on the educational system and the media.
No worries, the obstructions will be voted out in Nov. nm - Please God!
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I like it when Congress isn't passing new laws to - obstruct our freedom. It's
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only obstruction to a person who puts party first.
Obama calls the Congress "do nothing" or "obstructionist" - when he isn't getting his way.
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Tyranny.

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