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Surely Congress needs to be able to investigate these matters before writing new laws? I'm finding it hard to understand why you wouldn't want congressional co
by disgruntledphd2 6y ago
Surely Congress needs to be able to investigate these matters before writing new laws?
I'm finding it hard to understand why you wouldn't want congressional committees (i.e. the people who regulate the country) to have the power to investigate bodies established and funded by Congress. Can you clarify?
- will4274 6y agoHe clarified in his original post. He said: > they're too easily hijacked by partisan politics and often fail to have any meaningful impact. When somebody says "I think X because Y", please don't fire back with "I finding it hard to understand why you think X, can you clarify?"
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoThat doesn't really tell me anything. If I had some examples of this then it would be easy to determine how serious a problem this is. His/her statement is relatively vacuous without further clarification, which is why I asked for it.
- will4274 6y agoI mean. The endless hearings about Clinton's emails? The endless hearing about Benghazi? Obamacare? The endless hearings about Trump and Russia and election interference? Going futher back - McCarthy and communism, Howard Hughes and airlines. MLB and steroids? Virtually all Americans believe that some congessional hearings were just useless partisan exercise - they just differ on which ones. I think the examples are self evident to most people who follow American politics. If you had indicated that you were a foreigner and indicated that you were asking for an example, not a clarification, I might have given a kinder response.