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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: pcstel who wrote (145852)	9/13/2014 8:54:43 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

"Its true that Congress has some oversight of the federal bureaucracy but the majority of the oversight is to be performed by the president's cabinet." Seems like that's the way it's being done.I see Congress appearing to oversee each cabinet all the time, and I see reports of secretaries overseeing their departments, too. In fact, when I worked at the VA, I used to fill out forms which were ultimately blended into information which reached some sub-level cabinet person, who was overseen by the head of the VA. Later, Congress would oversee him. At one point while I was there, Congress asked (in committee) if the VA recognized professional credentialing like the rest of the health care profession. Cleland sez, "Let's find out". He oversees a bureaucratic study to find out. I fill out a form, as does every other department head in the system. Cleland goes back to Congress, says, "No, not even, here are recommendations from the Amer. Assoc. of Resp.Care, here's what we should pay, here's why I think we should do it, and here is how we will monitor the effectiveness for the next 10 years". Then Congress said, "OK, we'll pass a law". And that's how Rat became the highest paid therapist in the entire VA system for a few years... Bay Area had a high COLA adjustment. By the time the bill was passed, Raygun was president. Don't know who was at the VA. Didn't matter; somebody else was still overseeing the program ""All legislative power in the government is vested in Congress," That, too. They aren't mutually exclusive. Cleland didn't give me a raise for credentials. Congress gave it to me at his request, Carter or Raygun signed the paperwork, and then the secretary made sure payroll gave it to me.