Federal Reserve Bank of New York officials secretly conducted real-time exercises during the 2011 and 2013 debt-limit crisis that demonstrated the federal government could function during a temporary shutdown by prioritizing spending, even as Treasury Secretary Jack Lew publicly claimed many times that such efforts were “unworkable,” according to a new report by the House Financial Services Committee obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.
The staff report, to be released Tuesday, charges that Lew and other Obama administration officials deliberately misled Congress and the public during the federal budget and debt limit showdowns in both years. The committee will convene a public hearing on the report Feb. 2.
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This dirtbag POSPOTUS has misled everyone!
ReplyDeleteBetween the shady documentation about his birthplace, lack of documentation about his college attendance, and his shady deals with our country's enemies - he hasn't uttered a straight word yet!
Government shutdowns are a political ruse. Nobody takes them seriously.
ReplyDeleteIt's no secret.
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter voters don't care.
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