Congress Wakes Up?

There are signs this morning that Congress may be remembering that one of its roles is to conduct oversight of the White House.

And it’s not just the relatively powerless Democrats, either.

Jonathan Weisman writes in The Washington Post: “House Appropriations Committee Republicans have quietly asked the administration for an accounting of its ’60 Stops in 60 Days’ [Social Security] blitz. And yesterday, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the Government Reform Committee, formally asked the Government Accountability Office not only for the cost but also ‘whether the Bush Administration has crossed the line from education to propaganda.’