Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Budget deal axes 'czars' already gone - Robin Bravender - POLITICO.com

And they wonder why the Tea Party sprang into existence....

House Republicans won a symbolic victory by dethroning four White House 'czars' under the contentious federal spending agreement rolled out early Tuesday morning, but symbolism may be all they got.

The language in the short-term budget agreement seeks to put four of President Barack Obama's policy czars out of jobs — those appointed to assist the president on health care, climate change, autos and manufacturing, and urban affairs.
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The catch: At least three of those four czars have already moved out of the czar jobs."

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