Republicans introduce bill to eliminate presidential 'czars'

[Swede]

Comrade Stalin must be rolling over in his grave. Are these people complete fucking morons?



A group of House Republicans introduced a bill on Wednesday to rein in the various "czars" in the Obama administration.

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) and 28 other House Republicans introduced legislation to do away with the informal, paid advisers President Obama has employed over the past two years.

The legislation, which was introduced in the last Congress but was not allowed to advance under Democratic control, would do away with the 39 czars Obama has employed during his administration.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/136487-republicans-introduce-bill-to-eliminate-presidential-czars?page=2#comments

[HopeHoops]

1. That's weird since the GOP FUCKING INVENTED THEM!

[hobbit709]

6. Now! Now! Don't confuse their feeble little minds with FACTS!

It would be like Patrick trying to think in Spongebob, smoke will come out of their ears.

[Obamanaut]

19. But it isn't a fact. "Czar" goes back to Wilson and WW1. nt

[Obamanaut]

14. Maybe not. According to this article, the first one so labelled was

with Wilson in WW1, and they died out until WW2 with Roosevelt. They pretty much faded out again until many years later.

“…During World War I, Woodrow Wilson appointed financier Bernard Baruch to head the War Industries Board — a position dubbed industry czar …”

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1925564,00.html

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. They're closing up their loopholes?

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. +1

[niyad]

2. where were they under darth cheney's admin?

[hobbit709]

3. At least one of them will be the drug "czar"

[mmonk]

4. Morons? Absolutely.

[eleny]

5. Can they just cut off funding or does this have to pass in the Senate, too?

[EstimatedProphet]

7. They are aware of the fact that "czar" is a nickname for the job, right?

Maybe they aren't. Shitheads.

[Tippy]

8. Czars a Bush idea was as bad then as it is now

[ZombieHorde]

9. What is bad about them? nt

[Swede]

11. We don't need the president being advised by commies!

:shrug:?

[Tippy]

21. My thoughts exactly

[tibbiit]

12. bush didnt invent czars

they have all had them.
tib

[intheflow]

18. Not a Bush idea.

Reagan used the term "Drug Czar" back in the 80s.

[Tippy]

20. You are correct....

[JoePhilly]

10. All to scare the stupid right wing sheep.

[spanone]

13. bu$h* & cheney started the czar bullshit

[Obamanaut]

15. No they didn't. The first was in WW1

“…During World War I, Woodrow Wilson appointed financier Bernard Baruch to head the War Industries Board — a position dubbed industry czar …”

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1925564,00.html

[struggle4progress]

22. H.R.59

Thomas gives current title as "To define advisors often characterized as Czars and to provide that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses associated with such advisors" and indicates "The text of H.R.59 has not yet been received from GPO"

[sadbear]

23. Banana republic, indeed.

They want one set of standards for Democrats and another for themselves.

[LeftinOH]

24. My favorite teabagger protest sign was "Obama's got more Czars than the USSR!".

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