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Thursday, February 26, 2009

Byrd: Obama in Power Grab

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch.

In a letter to Obama on Wednesday, Byrd complained about Obama’s decision to create White House offices on health reform, urban affairs policy, and energy and climate change. Byrd said such positions “can threaten the Constitutional system of checks and balances. At the worst, White House staff have taken direction and control of programmatic areas that are the statutory responsibility of Senate-confirmed officials.”

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1 comment:

  1. Byrd is as corrupt as the rest he was exposed in the book Transformation of America by Philips & O'Brien, enjoying
    the services of mind controlled sex slaves for years.

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