Saturday, February 2, 2008

Congressional Oversight

One of the constitutionally-mandated duties of Congress is to investigate waste, fraud, and abuse in other branches of the federal government. But for most of the Bush-Cheney era there was little or no such oversight from the Republican-led Congress. That all changed in 2007 after the Democrats regained power in both the House and Senate.

Yesterday's broadcast of Bill Moyers Journal looked back at the last years-worth of hearings held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Henry Waxman.

The video is available online in two parts: Part 1 and Part 2.

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