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Parliamentary committees work as watch-dogs, ensure executive accountability: RS Deputy Chairman ANI | Updated: Mar 14, 2021 21:52 IST New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Parliamentary committees work as watch-dog and as an instrument of ensuring executive accountability, said Deputy Rajya Sabha Chairperson Harivansh on Sunday. "Parliamentary committees work as watch-dogs and instruments of ensuring the executive's accountability. Committees work in non-partisan manners where Members express their opinions freely, objectively and independently and the deci...

Provisions that were allowed to expire in 1999. yesterday democrat chuck schumer took to the floor, criticizing the nominee for those comments. >> considering everything we know about judge kavanaugh's expansive view of executive power and accountability, the fact that morrison v. olsen, of all of the cases in the history of the supreme court, was the first case he could think of overturning is deeply, teamly troubling. we already know he believes a president shouldn't be investigated while in office. that a president can't be indicted while in office, that a present doesn't have to follow law...

Is. is it strong chief of staff system? doesn't look like one. does he have personal contact with people like sebelius where he's talking to them every day. hard to see that. you have floaters in the white house that can speak for him but it's not a clear system of accountability. executive accountability. american people back in the 60s about three quarters of them said they had confidence the government will do the right thing. how do you know it's the right thing unless it's under the control of the person you elected. i'll get to executive performance, chain of command where people get in ...

Dysfunction, executive accountability and the questions of how we fight our wars with drones or ground troops. that kind of questioning the president has to deal with in terms of moral principle. it will be the big issues. >> we talk about this divided government issue, you and i both covered white houses and you've been part of tip o'neill's team on the hill. we've both seen you worked in the jimmy carter white house as a speechwriter. we've seen divided government work. sometimes it doesn't. worked during parts of reagan's term, parts of bush 41's term, a budget deal. bill clinton had ups an...

American university part of "hardball's" college tour. chris matthews joins me now. chris, thanks so much for being with us. big get, huge exclusive. i'm excited to see -- i don't want to take away any thunder or surprise, obviously going to have to talk about the health care rollout and how he's pog to t -- going to try to turn the page. >> i'll say from the white house, if you watch "hardball," handle issues and other issues, put our focus, i'll be doing that thursday night. i'll be talking about executive accountability and the strange way of this rollout as it has occurred. i think i would...