by Tim Brown, Freedom Outpost
Well, that took long enough! Barack Hussein Obama Soetoro Sobarkah has less than a year left in office and the Republican-led House, which has been led by Republicans since their victory in 2010, is finally getting around to a resolution to establish a Select Committee on High Crimes and Misdemeanors within the Executive Branch and the Obama Administration.
HRes693 IH was introduced into the House of Representatives by Rep. Tom Yoho (R-FL) on Tuesday. The resolution would establish a “permanent Select Committee on Executive Oversight.”
“Every day a new claim and allegation come to light about the abuses of the Obama Administration,” said Yoho. “Blatant Executive overreach, targeting by enforcement agencies, stand down orders of enforcement on existing law—which have resulted in the deaths of Americans, and regulatory agencies that bypass Congress and write their own laws. Enough is enough. While this committee will be tasked with the oversight over future administrations—both Republican and Democrat—the abuses of the current Administration have necessitated the creation of a whole new committee to deal solely with this Administration’s transgressions.”
“We, the Representatives of the people, are tasked with holding the Executive Branch accountable by the guiding document of this nation—the Constitution,” the Florida representative added. “It is our job, our responsibility, and the right thing to do. So, if not now, when? If not us, who? We must prove to the American people we are worthy of the responsibility they have entrusted to us. All it takes for evil or tyranny to prevail or for our Constitutional Republic to fail is for good men and women to do nothing.”
According to the resolution, Rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives would be amended by adding the following clause:
Permanent Select Committee on Oversight of the Executive Branch
`12.(a) There is hereby established the Permanent Select Committee on Oversight of the Executive Branch (hereinafter referred to as the `Select Committee’).
`(b)(1) The Speaker shall appoint 12 Members to the Select Committee, five of whom shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.
`(2) The Speaker shall designate one Member to serve as chair of the Select Committee, and the minority leader shall designate one Member to serve as ranking minority member of the Select Committee.
`(3) Any vacancy in the Select Committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
`(4) The Select Committee shall enlist the assistance of a Special Task Force established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for the sole purpose of assisting the Select Committee in its investigations.
`(c) The Select Committee shall investigate allegations of misconduct by officials of the executive branch. The Select Committee shall not have legislative jurisdiction.
`(d)(1) Notwithstanding clause 3(m) of rule X, the Select Committee is authorized to study the sources and methods of entities described in clause 11(b)(1)(A) of rule X insofar as such study is related to the matters described in paragraph (c).
`(2) Clause 11(e) and the first sentence of clause 11(f) of rule X (relating to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) shall apply to the Select Committee.
`(3) Rule XI applies to the Select Committee except as follows:
`(A) Clause 2(a) of rule XI shall not apply to the Select Committee.
`(B) Clause 2(g)(2)(D) of rule XI shall apply to the Select Committee in the same manner as it applies to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
`(C) Pursuant to clause 2(h) of rule XI, two Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking testimony or receiving evidence and one-third of the Members of the Select Committee shall constitute a quorum for taking any action other than one for which the presence of a majority of the Select Committee is required.
`(D) The chair of the Select Committee may authorize and issue subpoenas pursuant to clause 2(m) of rule XI in the investigation and study conducted pursuant to section 3 of this resolution, including for the purpose of taking depositions, as is deemed necessary in the pursuit of truth and justice for the American people.
`(E)(i) The chair of the Select Committee, upon consultation with the ranking minority member, may order the taking of depositions, under oath and pursuant to notice or subpoena, by a Member of the Select Committee or a counsel of the Select Committee.
`(ii) Depositions taken under the authority prescribed in this subdivision shall be governed by the procedures submitted by the chair of the Committee on Rules for printing in the Congressional Record.
`(F) The chair of the Select Committee may, after consultation with the ranking minority member, recognize–
`(i) Members of the Select Committee to question a witness for periods longer than five minutes as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(B) of rule XI; and
`(ii) staff of the Select Committee to question a witness as though pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(C) of rule XI.’.
(b) Funding for One Hundred Fourteenth Congress-
(1) PAYMENT OF EXPENSES- There shall be paid out of the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary for the expenses of the Permanent Select Committee on Oversight of the Executive Branch established under clause 12 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives (as added by subsection (a)) during the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress.
(2) VOUCHERS- Payments under this subsection shall be made on vouchers signed by the chair of the Select Committee and approved in the manner directed by the Committee on House Administration.
(3) REGULATIONS- Amounts made available under this subsection shall be expended in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Committee on House Administration.
So far, Yoho only has one co-sponsor, Rep. Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX). That should tell you all you need to know about the sellout of Republicans in Washington. While I question whether or not the resolution has any chance of passing, the fact that it has taken this long to even see such a document is quite telling. After all, the Republicans don’t care about the Obama administration’s crimes because they have been involved in aiding him in them.
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April 20th, 2016 @ 1:10 pm
Here we go, again.
The Merry-Go-Round never ends for the
criminal felon: Obot, Obama, Dunham,
Soebarkah, Soetoro, Easterling, Bounel,
Obama II, etc.
Such a fraud and con-man, Danno!!!
April 20th, 2016 @ 1:42 pm
They are just trying to cover their asses, from being CHARGED with TREASON themselves….after Obozo leaves office.I bet his residence will not be in the U.S. OR any country with extradition agreement with the U.S…..LIKE CUBA…or Dubai.
April 20th, 2016 @ 3:07 pm
Exactly: the Republicans don’t care about Obama and his administration’s crimes because they have been involved in aiding him in them. They are guilty in the 2008/2012/2016 triple treason!
However, even if anybody goes after Obama and the entire US government of 2008-2016 in 2017 or later, that will be already TOO LATE for saving the face and soul of this despicable nation: the nation that miserably failed to live up to its Constitution and laws despite still having the 1st and 2nd amendments! How is this miserable nation better than the former USSR which dared to expose (some of) the Stalin crimes only after Stalin dropped dead?!
April 20th, 2016 @ 10:20 pm
I am glad more people are realizing Congress has done nothing to stop Obama because the moment they allowed and assisted Obama to be sworn in as the putative president in 2009, without objection, they committed high level treason. It doesn’t get any worse than giving America’s military to the enemy. Congress has protected Obama from impeachment or a real investigation from that day in 2009 like their personal freedom depends on it…..and it does for they would be sentenced to prison or worse if there were any justice in today’s America.
This is also why they panic over the idea of a Trump presidency with a real Department of Justice….it is not too late to make the guilty pay for their many crimes.
April 20th, 2016 @ 11:05 pm
Everyone really needs to call their representative and demand that they co-sponsor the bill, as well as vote FOR it. And we also need to call Representatives Yoho and Weber to thank them profusely for their efforts in presenting the bill – something that none of their peers had the courage to do. It is so unfortunate that the corruption in our government is so profuse that people who represent us care more about lining their pockets and maintaining their power than they do of protecting this country from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. The only solution to this is to ALWAYS vote for the person opposing the incumbent – that’s the only way we’ll ever be able to have term limits. It seems to take about a year in Congress before our representatives have become bought by and beholden to the criminal cabal of psychopaths who have run this country for decades and are now pushing us rapidly into Agenda 21 and the NWO – loss of our borders, and loss of our sovereignty.
April 21st, 2016 @ 1:05 am
They are not serious. They are just posturing, just going through the motions, just presenting an image of toughness and resolve. Notice they wait so long that they will surely run out of time before O leaves office, then they’ll ditch the “effort”. How convenient.
April 21st, 2016 @ 5:48 am
Too little, too late.
Not enough time left to impeach Obama out of office for having illegally sought and held the office.
“natural born Citizen” is now moot and, since “citizen” has been moot since the adoption of the Constitution, there no longer is any citizenship requirement to be president.
PUTIN FOR POTUS!
April 21st, 2016 @ 6:18 am
no, don’t say Putin for POTUS. We need Trump for POTUS
April 21st, 2016 @ 9:44 am
Investigation hell!! Go ahead & charge him.
April 21st, 2016 @ 10:26 am
THE WHEELS ON THE TRAIN GO ROUND AND ROUND.
ROUND AND ROUND. ROUND AND ROUND.
REPEAT..ALL THE DAY LONG..
April 21st, 2016 @ 9:27 pm
There are several patriot organizations behind the current effort. And if people don’t call their representatives to ask them to co-sponsor and vote FOR the bill, then they will be off the hook because “nobody cares.” They’ve already had to amend the bill’s draft, because too many Representatives were either threatening to kill the bill or to vote NO. The movement to impeach had to be dropped in favor of the Special Select Committee, because nobody in Congress was willing to support it. But if they can just get the Select Committee in place, all of the crimes and misdemeanors that Obama has committed will be brought out in to the open for the world to see, and then, hopefully, Congress will have no choice but to impeach.