Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Elijah E. Cummings [D, MD-7]

National News: Was IRS official not covered by Fifth?

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...Issa was wrong. "I'm surprised that chairman Issa's taken that position," Ranking House Oversight Committee Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland told CNN on Thursday. "First, all the law that I've read says that she did not waive her right. As a la

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Revealed: Obama Donor Sat in on IG Interviews with IRS Employees

2013-05-24T01:00:00Z

...“The operative word, Mr. Chairman, is audit,” said George. “It was not conducted as an investigation.” Still, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) seemed unsettled that Paz was allowed to sit in on the IG’s interviews of IRS employees. “Usually when

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Oversight Committee Endorses Public Access to Agency Reports to Congress

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...sponsored by Rep. Mike Quigley and enjoying the bipartisan support of Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and ranking member Elijah Cummings, will need the sign-off of the Committee on House Administration before it can get a vote on the House floor. In Mar

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Top Oversight Democrat: Forcing Lois Lerner Back to Hill 'a Partisan Exercise in Futility'

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that forcing embattled IRS official Lois Lerner, who invoked her constitutional right to refuse to testify this week, back to Capitol Hill for

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Republicans may call back IRS official who refused to testify

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...in a high-profile sexual assault case. It's unclear whether Lerner can avoid another round of questioning by the committee. Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the top Democrat on the committee who was as tough as any Republican on the IRS witnesses Wednesday,

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IRS leaders present performances worthy of an audit: Dana Milbank

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...absolutely no targeting" at the IRS -- and his failure to set the record straight when he learned that wasn't true. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the panel, said "a reasonable person" would have expected Shulman to have infor

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Issa hasn’t recalled Lerner to testify, Lawyer says

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...when she delivered an opening statement that touched on the subjects to be discussed in the hearing. But ranking Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland noted that a committee hearing was not, in fact, a federal courtroom, and therefore it did not f

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Official: Treasury played no role in IRS targeting

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...decides whether groups qualify for the status. She has come under fire from members of both parties, including Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, top Democrat on the Oversight Committee, who said in an interview Tuesday that she should lose her job. George,

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IRS’ Lois Lerner takes Fifth, shuns Congress

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...of the Fifth Amendment is to protect innocent individuals, and that is the protection I’m invoking today.” Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the committee, entered into the record written answers that Lerner provided for the inspect

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Issa Lets Lerner Get Away

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...(R-DC), a former prosecutor, as well as Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), a fellow attorney. Rep. Gowdy noted that Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) had said he wished to run the hearing as a courtroom. Members of the public in the hearing room broke int

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Key IRS official speaks at House hearing — but not for long

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...elicited applause from the audience in the hearing room. “Unfortunately, this is not a federal court,” Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, said. Ms. Lerner, director of tax-exempt organizations for the IRS, is considered a key witness

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Issa: Lerner lost her rights

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...the minute she started proclaiming her innocence, and that lawmakers therefore were entitled to question her. But Ranking Democrat Elijah Cummings of Maryland said hearing rules were not like those of a courtroom. During the incident, Issa did not flat-

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Lois Lerner, IRS disaster

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...“If the president/Secretary Lew could ask Steve Miller to resign, they should be able to ask Lois Lerner to resign” Rep. Elijah Cummings, who says Lerner must go, suggests that she could be put on paid administrative leave if she’s protected by ci

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Top IRS official pleads the 5th Amendment at testy House hearing

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...statement. She ought to stand here and answer our questions.” Some in the audience applauded. The committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, interjected. “Unfortunately, this is not a federal court, and she does have the right, an

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Congressional Democrat Outraged Over IRS Scandal

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...the targeting occurred. “Sir, you misled Congress — make no question about it,” he said. Ranking Democrat on the Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), also posed important questions to Shulman, asking him why he never told Congress what he knew

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IRS’ Lois Lerner Takes Fifth, Shuns Congress

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...functions of the Fifth Amendment is to protect innocent individuals, and that is the protection I’m invoking today.” Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the committee, entered into the record written answers that Lerner provided for t

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House Panel Backs Greater Oversight of Union Workers with Federal Salaries

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...OPM and eliminate the need to report on the cost of union officials’ use of federal office space -- a requirement Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., called “difficult and burdensome.” Issa said the bill increases transparency, as the reports O

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IRS's Lois Lerner to take the Fifth

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...and had demanded Lerner’s presence to better understand when the IRS learned of the extent of the targeting program. Rep. Elijah Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, said he expects Lerner to appear before the panel Wednesday,

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Six reasons the Benghazi buck stops at The White House

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...claims about what happened in Benghazi and whether the lax security was related to lack of funding. Democrats like Rep. Elijah Cummings (Md.) have repeatedly attempted to blame Republicans because the security in Benghazi was so inept. Cummings is wrong

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Issa subpoenas Pickering over Benghazi probe, demands closed-door testimony

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...Issa said. Issa, who clashed with Pickering on a television talk show Sunday, didn’t explain why he didn’t subpoena Mullen. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the senior Democrat on Issa’s committee, denounced the subpoena as “a stark example of

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