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GOP Moves to Block Soc. Security Nominee Over $300M Computer Debacle
All 11 Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee signed a letter Wednesday to Carolyn Colvin, President Barack Obama’s nominee to head the Social Security Administration, saying they want answers to allegations that Social Security officials may have misled Congress about a $300 million computer system, according to The Washington Post. The senators will block Colvin’s nomination to the position until they get to the bottom of whistleblower reports that the pricey new system for processing disability claims, which took six years to develop, still does not work….Read More
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