Geee Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Fox News:House Republicans have President Obama's "czars" in their crosshairs once again, introducing a bill this week that would effectively shut down their offices. The bill, authored by Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., is a revamped version of a proposal that went nowhere in the last Congress. But with Republicans in charge of the House this year and a particularly combative Republican in charge of the committee that will be considering the measure, the proposal might have a fighting chance this time around. "We're hopeful for this one," Scalise spokesman Stephen Bell told FoxNews.com. Though the definition of a "czar" is muddy at best, it generally refers to top-level administration officials who don't have to go through the Senate confirmation process. The Scalise bill aims to be a bit more specific than that, defining a "czar" as the "head of any task force, council, policy office within the Executive Office of the President" or similar office, appointed "without the advice and consent of the Senate." Scalise's office estimates that 39 officials in the Obama administration fall under this description. The bill would order Congress to cut off all funding for them and the offices they control. Presumably, the president could afterward try to reinstate them by seeking Senate confirmation. "It's to encourage transparency," Bell said. "So that everybody knows who they are, what they stand for." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geee Posted January 8, 2011 Author Share Posted January 8, 2011 List of Obama Administration 'Czars' Published January 07, 2011 The following is a list of so-called "czars" who have served in the Obama administration. A few of them are no longer with the administration or are on their way out: AIDS Czar: Jeffrey Crowley Auto Recovery Czar: Ed Montgomery Border Czar: Alan Bersin California Water Czar: David J. Hayes Central Region Czar: Dennis Ross Climate Czar: Todd Stern Domestic Violence Czar: Lynn Rosenthal Drug Czar: Gil Kerlikowske Energy and Environment Czar: Carol Browner Faith-Based Czar: Joshua DuBois FCC Diversity Czar: Mark Lloyd Government Performance Czar: Jeffrey Zients Great Lakes Czar: Cameron Davis Guantanamo Closure Czar: Daniel Fried Health Czar: Nancy-Ann DeParle Information Czar: Vivek Kundra Intellectual Property Czar: Victoria Espinel Intelligence Czar: James Clapper Manufacturing Czar/Car Czar: Ron Bloom Mideast Peace Czar: George Mitchell Oil Spill Escrow Fund Czar: Kenneth Feinberg Regulatory Czar: Cass Sunstein Safe Schools Czar: Kevin Jennings Science Czar: John Holdren Stimulus Accountability Czar: Earl Devaney Sudan Czar: J. Scott Gration TARP Czar: Herb Allison Technology Czar: Aneesh Chopra Terrorism Czar: John Brennan Urban Affairs Czar: Adolfo Carrion Jr. War Czar: Douglas Lute Weapons Czar: Ashton Carter WMD Policy Czar: Gary Samore 9/11 Health Czar: John Howard Cyber Czar: Howard Schmidt Oil Spill Czar: Ray Mabus Economic Czar: Paul Volcker (Volcker is expected to leave the Economic Recovery Advisory Board) Ethics Czar: Norm Eisen (Eisen was appointed last year to be U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic) Afghanistan Czar: Richard Holbrooke (Holbrooke, who served as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, died Dec. 13) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciapilot Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Let's be sure to follow this bill. The czars need to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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