Democrats in Congress kick oversight into overdrive

DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS KICK OVERSIGHT INTO OVERDRIVE
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Richard Simon & Noam Levey]
Less than three months since they took control of Capitol Hill, Democrats in both chambers, as promised, have cranked the powerful congressional oversight machinery into overdrive. Last Wednesday for example, the entire Federal Communications Commission was summoned for the first time in three years before a House committee, where its members were grilled for five hours and told to expect to be "frequent guests." "The Democrats' most powerful weapons aren't legislative bills, but subpoenas and hearings," said John J. Pitney Jr., a former Republican staffer who is a professor of politics at Claremont McKenna College.
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