House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa has teamed up with Sen. Lamar Alexander to demand that the Obama administration turn over documents related to the deeply troubled HealthCare.gov. In a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Issa and Alexander warn that if documents related to the health insurance exchange website are not turned over to both chambers by Oct. 28, the House may move to subpoena them. “If you do not comply with the Committees’ requests by 5:00 pm on October 28, 2013, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will be forced to consider the use of compulsory process," the letter states. Issa, a California Republican, is the one with subpoena power. Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, serves as ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions panel, and subpoena power generally rests with chairmen. The duo originally requested the documents on Oct. 10, their statement said. (more…)
