Bob Barr, a former congressman and U.S. Attorney, offers a helpful perspective on Senator Grassley’s effort to investigate six televangelists:
http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/opinion/stories/2007/11/13/barred_1114.html?cxntlid=inform
Posted by: jimcross | November 14, 2007
Senator Grassley has No Power for Inquiry?
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Barr doesn’t deny that the committee has the power to compel inquiry, of course – he’s just noting that Grassley can’t exercise that power w/o the democrats’ sign off. And, since Grassley’s credibility and intelligence on the issue of abuses of non-profit statutes are about as sterling you can get in government, it’s a given that the democrats will go along with whatever he suggests.
As for the issue of whether Congress wastes as much of the taxpayers’ money as churches: they probably do. That’s a separate issue, though, and Barr’s letter would be better directed to Waxman’s Government Reform Committee.
By: jpe on November 15, 2007
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