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Trey Gowdy to take over for Jason Chaffetz as chair of House Oversight Committee

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Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) announced in mid-May that he’d be resigning from Congress at the end of June, meaning that someone would have to take over his chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee, which on Wednesday released a scathing, 250-page report on Operation Fast and Furious. That replacement will be Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who broke a few hearts when he pulled his name from consideration to replace James Comey at the FBI. Still, House Oversight will give the formerfederal prosecutor and district attorney plenty of opportunity […]

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Fired-up Trey Gowdy ‘nails it’ in must-see Obama-slamming speech [video]

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http://twitter.com/#!/vonzion/status/443939640282591234 Get ready to fist-pump. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-SC, delivered a passionate floor speech in support of the Enforce the Law Act, a bill aimed at holding the president accountable and putting executive overreach in check. Gowdy asked, “How does going from being a senator to a president rewrite the Constitution?” And he reminded everyone of Senator Obama’s own words. Words like this: http://twitter.com/#!/TGowdySC/status/443802867418148864 Video: http://twitter.com/#!/TGowdySC/status/443884359603343360 The House passed H.R. 4138 in a 233 to 181 vote. Conservatives cheered Gowdy’s speech and the bill that would “authorize […]

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