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Senator Who Criticized Sebelius For Soliciting Donations Asked For Private Funds While Serving In Bush AdministrationBy Igor Volsky on May 13, 2013 at 4:39 pm
A top Senate Republican who compared the Obama administrations efforts to solicit private donations for a campaign encouraging Americans to enroll in the Affordable Care Act to the Iran-Contra scandal asked for private donations to fund education reform while serving in the George H. W. Bush administration.
On Saturday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) criticized Sebelius for asking businesses and other community organizations to support an enrollment campaign spearheaded by Enroll America, a nonprofit organization working to convince people to sigh up for health care coverage. Alexander said Sebelius actions should cease immediately and should be fully investigated by Congress.
He cited a report by the Iran-Contra Congressional Joint Select Committee, which says Congresss exclusive control over the expenditure of funds cannot legally be evaded through the use of gifts or donations to the executive branch. Since news broke of Sebelius activities on Friday, Republicans have argued that the secretary is raising private funds to work around Congressional refusal to appropriate federal dollars for implementation. Administration officials insist, however, that Sebelius was following authority laid out in the Public Health Service Act and has made no fundraising requests to entities regulated by HHS.
But in 1991, while serving as Secretary of Education for President George H. W. Bush, Lamar actively and enthusiastically sought private dollars to fund the administrations education initiative, America 2000. The plan encouraged states and localities to commit themselves to six broad national education goals and standards and aspired to establish 535 New American Schools by the year 2000.
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Senator Who Criticized Sebelius For Soliciting Donations Asked For Private Funds While Serving In Bu (Original Post)
DonViejo
May 2013
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(297,510 posts)1. It's almost Guaranteed if a republicon is throwing around accusations then they're doing it..
But in 1991, while serving as Secretary of Education for President George H. W. Bush, Lamar actively and enthusiastically sought private dollars to fund the administrations education initiative, America 2000. The plan encouraged states and localities to commit themselves to six broad national education goals and standards and aspired to establish 535 New American Schools by the year 2000.
thank you Don
Scuba
(53,475 posts)2. Hypocrisy is a Republican core value.