Top Senate Democrats Call On GOP To Reimburse Taxpayers For Benghazi Committee's Costs

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Top Senate Democrats Call On GOP To Reimburse Taxpayers For Benghazi Committee's Costs
The senators asked the RNC to stop using the committee to raise money.
Marina Fang
Associate Politics Editor, The Huffington Post

Posted: 10/21/2015 06:01 AM EDT


WASHINGTON -- Top Senate Democrats want to shut down the House Benghazi committee amid allegations it seeks to attack Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. And they want Republicans to reimburse taxpayers for the committee's more than $4.5 million cost.

The senators, including Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), accused the GOP Wednesday of "operating a political opposition machine against Secretary Clinton," and called the House Select Committee on Benghazi's use of taxpayer funds "wholly inappropriate."

"Over the past several weeks, several House Republicans have made clear what many observers have suspected all along: that the Select Committee has conducted a political inquisition aimed at former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton," the senators wrote in a letter to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.

"We firmly believe the Committee should be disbanded, and that every penny of taxpayer money that has financed this purely political committee ought to be repaid," the letter continued.

The letter cited comments by two House Republicans, including House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), suggesting that the committee's primary focus is to hurt Clinton's campaign.

Joining Reid in signing the letter were fellow members of the Senate Democratic leadership: Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.). They also asked the RNC to stop using the committee to raise money.

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[livetohike]

1. Long overdue for this action. Nice to see the leadership taking steps

to put the committee on defense.

[NJCher]

2. damn straight

The republicans have done this too many times before. They keep doing it because there are no consequences.

There's an interesting, note, though: we may have to have a hearing on the fake hearing.


Cher

[Fred Sanders]

3. Why not demand a criminal investigation?? This is peanuts...make a criminal court force payment

back as part of the probation period after release from prison.

And demand immediate resignation or to strike a Select Committe to Investigate the Select Committee?

Come on, Democrats, stop pulling the punches.....this is a gift!