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June 15, 2009
Amanda Carpenter
6/15/2009
Czarmania
President Obama has beaten the old Russian empire in naming to his administration “czars,” who operate with no congressional oversight.
When Kenneth Feinberg, the White House’s new “pay czar,” was appointed to control compensation for bailed-out companies, he followed a long list of others chosen to exercise authority over their respective issue areas and report directly to the president without any approval or vetting from Capitol Hill.
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain recently wrote on Twitter, “Obama has more czars than the Romanovs.”
He wasn’t joking.
The Russian royal family had 18 czars during its reign until the dynasty was deposed by the communists in 1917. Mr. Obama has named more than 20.
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