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DOJ Files Papers to Urge Reversal of ACORN Funding Ruling

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Department of Justice’s decision to file papers in federal court arguing for a reversal of the Eastern Court Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling last week which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder: “Given the numerous ongoing investigations being conducted surrounding ACORN’s ...
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Issa: GOP Will Fight to Block Job-Killing Obama EPA “Endangerment” Ruling

Resolution offers new alternative to Cap & Trade, Endangerment ruling threats to the economy WASHINGTON D.C. – Rep. Darrell Issa, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee today announced that he, along with House Republican colleagues will introduce a joint resolution blocking the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “endangerment” ruling – an ill-advised decision to treat the carbon dioxide that humans exhale as a ...
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Oversight Republicans Challenge Constitutionality of President Obama’s Plan to Re-Direct TARP Funds

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans have sent a letter to President Barack Obama expressing concern over the Administration’s intention to redirect taxpayer money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to pay for new programs. “We are deeply troubled by your willingness to ignore the clear intent of Congress, ...
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Déjà Vu: Democrats Unveil $75 Billion Spending Plan

“My plan contains the largest investment increase in our nation's infrastructure since President Eisenhower created the national highway system half a century ago.  We'll invest more than $100 billion and create nearly 400,000 jobs rebuilding our roads, our railways, our dangerously deficient dams, bridges and levees...” – President Barack Obama, 2/11/2009 in Springfield, VA
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Smith, Issa Demand Attorney General Appeal ACORN Ruling

Washington, D.C. – Two senior House members today called on the Justice Department to appeal a recent decision in federal district court which found a congressional ban on funding for ACORN to be a bill of attainder.  House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today sent a
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Statement of Ranking Member Darrell Issa: Consideration of S. 303 – Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009

Mr. ISSA. Madam Speaker, earlier this year, I introduced H.R. 2392, the ‘‘Government Information Transparency Act,’’ to make federal reporting of taxpayer dollars more accessible to the American people. In committee, Chairman EDOLPHUS TOWNS and I were able to work on a bipartisan basis to get key provisions of this legislation into S. 303, which is now under consideration by the House. The Government Information Transparency Act instructs the Office of Management and Budget to ...
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White House Staff Cut Short Interview Regarding Conflicting Statements Made About Firing of Inspector General

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) has sent a letter to Alan Solomont, the former Chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the President’s nominee as Ambassador of Spain, following the release of White House Visitor Records which contradict previous ...
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Issa: Administration Should Vigorously Defend De-Funding of ACORN?

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) assailed Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government. “I’m calling on the Administration to make sure ...
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Delaware State Public Integrity Commission Confirms Illegal Lobbying by ACORN

WASHINGTON. D.C. – As part of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa’s (R-CA) ongoing investigation into the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now’s (ACORN) lobbying and election activities, the Delaware State Public Integrity Commission responded to a letter of inquiry sent by Issa revealing that “no person has ever registered to represent any of the ACORN affiliates identified in the ...
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Clinton-Appointed Judge Imposes Injunction on Congressional Ban on ACORN Funding

WASHINGTON. D.C. – House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding Judge Nina Gershon’s ruling to impose a preliminary injunction on the continuing resolution enacted by Congress that bars ACORN and its affiliates, subsidiaries, and allied organizations from receiving federal funding from the government. “On the same day that ACORN’s violation of