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The inspector general saga causes bad blood on Capitol Hill:

Behind closed doors on Capitol Hill last week, I asked a Republican source about the investigative efforts of Democratic staffers for the House Oversight Committee.
"Honestly?" the source said. "They're useless."
More than three weeks have passed since Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) joined the committee's ranking Republican, California Rep. Darrell Issa, to launch an investigation into the case of former Amtrak inspector general Fred Wiederhold Jr. . . .
Despite the "grave concerns" expressed by Towns and Issa three weeks ago, however, Republican sources on Capitol Hill have complained that Democratic staffers on the Oversight Committee have not shown much zeal for the investigation. Sources say Democratic staffers have skipped meetings and conference calls to which they were invited by GOP investigators, who are attempting to work with Grassley's staff in order to prevent unnecessary duplication of efforts. Sharing documents and scheduling interviews with witnesses, allowing Republican and Democratic investigators from both chambers an opportunity to question these witnesses, is a demanding logistical task. And GOP staffers complain that this task seems to be lacking in terms of bipartisanship. . . .

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…Matters July 23: IG-Gate Update: Did Dem Congresswoman Intervene With Obama in Walpin Case? July 22: SIGTARP Barofsky Shows Why Watchdogs Are Important July 21: IG-Gate: Democratic Staffers ‘Useless’ in Investigations, SayRepublicans July 20: IG-Gate: Connecting the SIGTARP Dots July 20: Behind Closed Doors July 17: Amtrak IG: Important Background July 14: IG-Gate: Sincere Doubts July 14: The…

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