- Tue May 14, 2013 10:07 am
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Appears all of Obama's appointees are using Chicago style intimidation then retribution against those who don't get with Obama's agenda. When it rains it pours, Obama is toast.
Congress is starting a probe into Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius soliciting donations from companies her agency regulates, to help with ObamaCare.
Sebelius in recent weeks has asked various charitable foundations, businesses executives, churches and doctors to donate money to nonprofit organizations that are helping to implement President Obama's health care overhaul.
The solicitations, through speeches and phone calls, have raised questions about whether a federal official can ask for money from groups he or she oversees.
The Republican-led House Energy and Commerce Committee began a probe by sending a letter Monday to Sebelius and groups that she might have contacted.
The letter to Sebelius asks her to provide several pieces of information by May 27 related to the solicitations, including names of those contacted “in this unusual fundraising pitch” as well as phone logs and whether other agency officials were involved.
Committee Chairman Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said: “Despite HHS’ insistence that the secretary did not directly ask for funds, one source said, ‘There was a clear insinuation by the administration that the insurers "should" give financially to the nonprofits.’ ”
The 11 companies receiving letters include insurance groups Cigna, Kaiser Permanente, United Healthcare and Blue Shield of California. One CEO compared the solicitation for money to a police officer pulling you over for speeding but prior to writing you a ticket asking for a donation to the police fund.
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