http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/tags/czars Common Ground, Uncommon Debate en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:36:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/search.php http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/topic/the-white-house-%e2%80%9cczars%e2%80%9d-an-end-around-the-constitution#post-20 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:37:56 +0000 JS 20@http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/ <p>Normally, I would be against such obvious circumvention of Congressional oversight but in this case I think the Congress has proved themselves to be completely inept in its duties. If the healthcare controversy tells us anything its that many opponents of Obama are basing their positions solely on party lines or by some kind of personal grudge against his presidency.</p> <p>People cheering that Chicago lost the Olympics? Or people being upset about Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize? Although I agree he certainly hasn't done much to deserve the NPP, it's still not a bad thing. Criticisms about these topics toward Obama demonstrate the blind opposition which is stalling many things in Congress.</p> <p>In this kind of environment I think it's reasonable and appropriate for Obama to go around some of the easy road blocks. </p> http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/topic/the-white-house-%e2%80%9cczars%e2%80%9d-an-end-around-the-constitution#post-19 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:30:37 +0000 admin 19@http://www.publicsquare.net/bbpress/ <p>President Obama is electing officials to work for the White House who are each in charge of a special government project, such as automotive industry reform, energy policy, environmental and climate change policies, war on drugs, etc. The issue is that each of these "czars" is being elected straight through President Obama and cannot be vetted by Congress since Congress has no right to oversee the development projects the "czars" work on. </p> <p>Question: Is the concept of czars an attempt to circumvent congressional oversight? </p>