This summer, Rep. Michele Bachmann and four other Members of Congress drew fire for writing letters to inspectors general in five executive branch departments calling for investigations of pro-Muslim Brotherhood influence within the US government.
The EDF is calling the riders unconstitutional because, if included on the bills, they will hinder the executive branch's constitutional role of developing and implementing foreign policy, with advice and consent from the Senate.
That includes the U.S. executive branch which, over a two-year period, has ignored a total of six bipartisan congressional initiatives calling for action on the security dimensions of East-West finance.