
Then again, Sebelius is part of the Obama administration so that means she’s above the law.
Via Washington Times:
President Obama’s top health official said Tuesday she did nothing wrong in calling up two groups — the philanthropic Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and tax preparation firm H&R Block — to solicit funds for a nonprofit that is promoting the president’s new national health care law.
“Those are the only two conversations that I’ve had about contributing resources to Enroll America,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mrs. Sebelius said she never asked for donations from groups that are regulated by her agency, but she did speak to three of them — including multinational medical products company Johnson & Johnson — about Enroll America’s efforts to promote the Affordable Care Act.
Congressional Republicans have scrutinized the secretary’s actions since they were reported last month, with one senator going so far as to compare it to the Iran-Contra arms affair during the Reagan administration. They’ve asked the HHS inspector general and the Government Accountability Office to examine whether Mrs. Sebelius’ actions were illegal or violated ethical guidelines.
