"Reshuffling staff and promises of a review made under the cover of darkness doesn't begin to answer the questions raised by the egregious actions of the Clinton White House, " Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) told the Associated Press.
One of the legislation's original authors, Rep. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), also welcomed the White House's support.
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However, a spokesman for Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, said he expected the White House to approve the deal.
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"I feel that there is positive momentum on this issue, " said Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, a participant in the White House meeting and co-sponsor of legislation.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the House investigating committee, Dan Burton (R-Ind.), has issued new subpoenas for White House, Justice Department and Democratic Party documents.
R. to the present it has been locked in this hard, white burial vault of a month.
"I don't understand, as the president goes through Africa giving away money, why the White House is opposed to a balanced budget, " House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) told The Associated Press.
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Like when Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) questioned why she, her State Department and the White House, who immediately knew differently, continued to blame the deadly assault on our consulate upon an obscure anti-Muslim video for weeks afterwards.
"I didn't know what was on the backup tapes, and I didn't know what was in the subpoenas, " Lyle said in response to a challenge leveled by Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Connecticut), who said he was "blown away" that White House employees might not take such matters into account.
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On Wednesday, the chairman of the House panel, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-California, refused to put off consideration of the measure, saying the White House assertion of executive privilege "falls short" of any reason to delay the hearing.
Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Michigan, the top Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee, said the White House isn't sharing information.
President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- CA), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will meet today at 3:00p.m. at the White House to discuss the (lack of a) budget.
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