House GOP quest for power at full display on C-Span

I, like many I am sure, were taken for a ride when the new crop of Republicans vowed to dedicate their election to office toward job creation.  I did not appreciate the skepticism of Democrats and Independents that stayed home during the midterm elections but thought that the GOP would at least follow through on their promise of jobs.  Now that they have been in control of the House of Representatives and not passed one jobs bill, makes me regret not making more of a fuss prior to the conclusion of the midterms but what makes things even worse was seeing their true agenda plainly displayed on C-Span yesterday.

C-Span showed the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee debating the authority needed to subpoena the White House about the Solyndra loan.  While I support this committee finding out what happened and making the necessary laws to insure that it does not happen again, I was taken aback to see that the real purpose of this exercise was to give the head of this committee carte-blanc to write the subpoena as he saw fit.  It was not to display what would be asked for to get the input of other lawmakers charged with this task but to have total autonomy and power to wield toward the White House.

It became even clearer to me when it was revealed during this session that many of these same Republicans opposed this same committee from calling forward the oil company executives who were responsible for the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf.  I believe that no one is above the law and everyone should be held to the same standards but to go after the White House about this while blocking the investigation of the BP oil Spill smells too much like favoritism than justice.