Rep. Darrell Issa Puts Himself (and Oversight Committee) Up For Bid

[Joanne98]

Note: “Issa Exposed” is a project of the Courage Campaign that tracks Darrell Issa's public record as well as the ongoing investigations and hearings he's involved with as the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee. The California Progress Report will occasionally cross-post particularly relevant campaign posts.

One of the hallmarks of the tea party gains in the GOP has been virulent opposition to earmarks. Their newfound influence within the Republican Party has led to a strong push to eliminate the practice of earmarks altogether, and Darrell Issa hasn't missed a beat jumping on board that train.

Issa was among the first Republicans to suspend his earmark requests, and even went so far as to declare "Mr. Speaker, I make a point of order that an earmark is tantamount to a bribe." Yet that never prevented Issa from requesting earmarks before Fiscal year 2010. And not just a few here and there- hundreds of millions of dollars worth.

In FY 2007, Issa requested a total of $260,738,955 in what he later called "tantamount to a bribe." It dipped a bit in FY 2008 to $112,570,000, but he rebounded strongly for FY 2009 with earmark requests totaling $214,367,000. And let's remember that it was just a few weeks after submitting those FY2009 earmark requests that he was trying to block health care for 9/11 first responders, saying "I have to ask ... why the firefighters who went there and everybody in the city of New York needs to come to the federal government for the dollars versus this being primarily a state consideration."

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/site/?q=node/8549

[Parche]

1. he is one of the biggest dooshbags out there

:grr: i despise him

[Kennah]

2. I've got a dollar, do I hear two?

[rasputin1952]

3. Issa is a true pig...

I am hoping he will hang himself w/his own hubris this time around.

How people can vote for this waste of skin is beyond me...x(

[opihimoimoi]

4. He is in a position of hugh responsibility.....but he is infected/tainted with delusional Fantasy

Unable to Reason, like the rest of the GOPers, he rejects logic and common sense leading to high odds of FAIL

[rasputin1952]

5. He's a loose cannon...

and now that he has power....he'll put the noose around his neck and his hand on the lever to the trap door..

He's also a bona fide criminal, his brother took the raps for his car stealing days.

Evil, little man.

[opihimoimoi]

6. Like his new Speaker: Boner the Moaner, Issa needs to be sedated and in a padded cell

[madinmaryland]

7. Republican = Hypocrit.