The top Democrat on the Ways and Means Committee blistered the Republican chairman Wednesday for, in his words, turning the panel into "a tool for opposition research" while failing to pass any legislation to boost the economy. Rep. Sander M. Levin released the unusually scathing and personal letter to his fellow Michigander, Chairman Dave Camp, accusing him of using the committee as a bully pulpit for sabotaging the Obama administration. "I am deeply troubled by the partisan turn this Committee has taken in recent months, having delayed — and in some cases completely abandoned — action on many issues of vital importance to American families and our economy while pressing ahead with a political agenda to undermine President Obama's second term," read the opening lines of Levin's memo. (more…)
