such restrictions were entirely justified because Republicans now control all three branches of government and thus dont have to pay any attention to the minority partys requests for information. You have Republicans leading the House, the Senate and the White House, the official explained. I dont think youd have the Democrats responding to every minority member request if they were in the same position.Politiconotes that while the Obama administration regularly drew complaints from Republicans for being slow to respond to their oversight requests, the Obama White House never issued a sweeping order sent out to multiple agencies telling them not...
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