Rep. Darrell Issa Ponders Probe Into Bureau Of Labor Statistics' Reports On Job Numbers

dailykos.com — Although he hasn't made a decision yet, Rep. Darrell Issa is pondering a look at whether the Bureau of Labor Statistics is cooking jobs numbers. The California Republican, who has chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform since Republicans regained the majority in the House of Representatives in 2010, gave Fox News the strong impression Wednesday that he buys into the conspiracy theory that BLS is making up numbers for partisan advantage, as the now-infamous Tweet by former GE CEO Jack Welch would have it.

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