ace.... Congress has been entrusted with many roles - the most important being enacting legsislation, authorizing the allocation and expenditure of funds to run the goverment
AND overseeing the actions and administration of the executive branch (the foundation of our system of check and balances).
why dont you think Congress can multi-task? This 110th Congress has been very active in enacting new legislation.
Why do you and Mike continue to believe that a law must be broken in order for Congress to fufill its oversight responsibility? Why do you believe its a trivial matter and a waste of time and money to ensure that the DoJ is managed competently and honestly?
Here is what Norm Orstein of the American Enterprise Institute said about Congressional oversight:
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Congressional oversight is meant to keep mistakes from happening or from spiraling out of control; it helps draw out lessons from catastrophes in order to prevent them, or others like them, from recurring. Good oversight cuts waste, punishes fraud or scandal, and keeps policymakers on their toes. The task is not easy. Examining a department or agency, its personnel, and its implementation policies is time-consuming. Investigating possible scandals can easily lapse into a partisan exercise that ignores broad policy issues for the sake of cheap publicity. (both parties have expressed outrage at the incompetence of the AG)
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/200611...hecks-out.html
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Were we really better off under the last Congress, which completed abrigated its oversight responsibilities?