Obama’s czar end-run: ‘Signing statements’ he once opposed

By: Beltway Whispers (Diary)  |  April 17th at 10:35 PM  | 

While the debate rages among conservatives on the merits of the budget deal lawmakers struck with President Barack Obama, add an additional point of contention: Czars, of which the appropriations measure reached last week eliminated four. At least, that’s what House GOP’ers thought. The spending bill as written prohibited the White House from devoting funds to those czars directing the administration’s policy agenda for health | Read More »