It’s time for another round of “Which Office or Agency is the White House Politicizing Now?”
House oversight committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA), having recently brought to light the politicization of the surgeon general’s office, is shining a light on the nation’s drug czar. The czar, John Walters, and his deputies traveled on the taxpayers’ dime to 20 events with vulnerable Republican members of Congress in the months prior to the 2006 elections, according to a committee press release. Not only that, but several of the trips were “combined with the announcement of federal grants or actions that benefited the districts of the Republican members.” If government officials were using government funds to help elect Republicans, that would be a violation of the Hatch Act.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=180366