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General Category => National/Breaking News => Topic started by: Right_in_Virginia on February 18, 2017, 05:36:50 pm

Title: Lawmakers probe US funding for Soros groups, left-wing causes in Europe
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on February 18, 2017, 05:36:50 pm

Lawmakers probe US funding for Soros groups, left-wing causes in Europe
Fox News, Feb 17, 2017, Adam Shaw

George Soros' alleged meddling in European politics has caught the attention of Congress.

Concerns about Soros' involvement most recently were raised by the Hungarian prime minister, who last week lashed out at the Soros "empire" and accused it of deploying "tons of money and international heavy artillery."

But days earlier, Republican lawmakers in Washington started asking questions about whether U.S. tax dollars also were being used to fund Soros projects in the small, conservative-led country of Macedonia.

Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., led a group of House lawmakers in writing to Ambassador Jess Baily -- an Obama appointee -- demanding answers. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, also expressed concerns about USAID money going to Soros' Open Society Foundations as part of a broader concern that the U.S. Embassy has been taking sides in party politics.

“I have received credible reports that, over the past few years, the US Mission to Macedonia has actively intervened in the party politics of Macedonia, as well as the shaping of its media environment and civil society, often favoring groups of one political persuasion over another,” Lee said in his letter.

Together, the concerns reflect growing conservative pushback against Soros' operations in Europe.


Read more:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/17/lawmakers-probe-us-funding-for-soros-groups-left-wing-causes-in-europe.html

Title: Re: Lawmakers probe US funding for Soros groups, left-wing causes in Europe
Post by: endicom on February 18, 2017, 05:43:56 pm

Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on February 18, 2017, 05:36:50 pm

But days earlier, Republican lawmakers in Washington started asking questions about whether U.S. tax dollars also were being used to fund Soros projects in the small, conservative-led country of Macedonia.

That's a Biden Big Deal.

Title: Re: Lawmakers probe US funding for Soros groups, left-wing causes in Europe
Post by: Bigun on February 18, 2017, 05:45:04 pm

Hope they can work it into their schedule!

https://www.congress.gov/days-in-session

Imagine what they could do if they actually worked a normal schedule!

Come to think of it, that is NOT a pretty picture!

Title: Re: Lawmakers probe US funding for Soros groups, left-wing causes in Europe
Post by: Fishrrman on February 18, 2017, 08:03:22 pm

Here's one Congressional probe I heartily endorse!