Don’t miss this.
Here’s a clip from this morning’s House government reform committee hearing, investigating General Services Administration Chief Lurita Doan.
In this clip, Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) grills her on a PowerPoint presentation (pdf) given by Karl Rove’s deputy Scott Jennings to GSA personnel in January. The slides (13 pages) detailed which seats were “House Targets” and which “Senate Targets”, which states were “Republican Offense,” and which “Republican Defense.” After the presentation, Doan reportedly asked other employees how the agency could help “our candidates.” The GSA, remember, is the government’s procurement agency, in charge of almost $60 billion each year. All of this seems like a clear violation of the Hatch Act, which prohibits using federal resources to aid political parties.
Doan doesn’t have a good answer for Braley’s questions, stuttering out “I don’t recall”s and something about how the meeting was a “brown bag lunch” for the purpose of âteam building.â You should “ask Mr. Jennings,” she says.
More at Thinkprogress and The Gavel.
