"Marsha Blackburn (R-Zygote)... 
The Real Cost of that Planned Parenthood Investigation
"It came as no surprise that Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-Zygote) of Tennessee has had her name bruited about as a possible running mate for He, Trump. (Also, hello again to my new friend, Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa! I'm so proud.) After all, Blackburn was in charge of the second biggest waste of time and money in the House of Representatives this year behind only Trey Gowdy's masterful pursuit of The Truth—which is Out There—behind Benghazi, Benghazi, BENGHAZI!
It was Blackburn who led the preposterous probe into the meretricious charges that Planned Parenthood was selling pieces of aborted babies in the parking lots of abandoned gas stations all over America.These hearings produced an array of witnesses even wilder and more unhinged than the folks Gowdy summoned to appear before him in his kangaroo suit...
Congressional documents reveal that panel Republicans requested the money from the Committee on House Administration, which sets aside $500,000 per session of Congress to supplement operating budgets. A congressional aide told Rewire that the request has been approved. The panel last year received $300,000, which followed the House's informal two-thirds/one-third funding split between the majority and minority parties, from the Administration Committee's coffers. All told, the investigation is well on its way to totaling $790,000, using nearly 80 percent of the House's available supplemental funding.
I shudder to think how much money would be wasted in the House if Speaker Paul Ryan weren't such a staggering economic savant.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a46431/planned-parenthood-investigation-costs/
The Real Cost of that Planned Parenthood Investigation
"It came as no surprise that Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-Zygote) of Tennessee has had her name bruited about as a possible running mate for He, Trump. (Also, hello again to my new friend, Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa! I'm so proud.) After all, Blackburn was in charge of the second biggest waste of time and money in the House of Representatives this year behind only Trey Gowdy's masterful pursuit of The Truth—which is Out There—behind Benghazi, Benghazi, BENGHAZI!
It was Blackburn who led the preposterous probe into the meretricious charges that Planned Parenthood was selling pieces of aborted babies in the parking lots of abandoned gas stations all over America.These hearings produced an array of witnesses even wilder and more unhinged than the folks Gowdy summoned to appear before him in his kangaroo suit...
Congressional documents reveal that panel Republicans requested the money from the Committee on House Administration, which sets aside $500,000 per session of Congress to supplement operating budgets. A congressional aide told Rewire that the request has been approved. The panel last year received $300,000, which followed the House's informal two-thirds/one-third funding split between the majority and minority parties, from the Administration Committee's coffers. All told, the investigation is well on its way to totaling $790,000, using nearly 80 percent of the House's available supplemental funding.
I shudder to think how much money would be wasted in the House if Speaker Paul Ryan weren't such a staggering economic savant.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a46431/planned-parenthood-investigation-costs/
