Start putting people under oath in public. Then the public can judge not only the answers but the questions. 12/
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Congress is Article I. Each year, its members act more and more like an appendix. 23/
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This "talk to the committee in private" privilege is just one more sad display of a hollowed out branch of government. 24/
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This won't change unless the public demands that reps/sens honor our system by exercising the power they've been lent for 2 or 6 years. 25/
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Compelling witnesses to testify in public is but one small way in which Congress acts as a check. But it's an important one. 26/
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Ok, I'm done 27/27
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Judiciary has been clear these interviews are a prelude ahead of public hearings fwiw.
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yeah, we'll see
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how many years before the president is king in all but name, and congress is a rubber stamp body a la the imperial Roman Senate?
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I agree with you, but it's obvious that the GOP congress was happy to publicly excoriate Obama admin officials, so it's all too partisan.
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And this undermines the very idea of a Constitutional republic. Where is our broad representation?
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