Issa Charges Politics Are Behind Oversight Testimony

• By Jackie Kucinich
• Roll Call Staff
• Nov. 16, 2009, 9:33 p.m.

The top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee plans to charge that Democrats have used the committee to “cover up” the Obama administration’s role in the merger between Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, according to a copy of his opening statement.