"... Republicans have discovered no new evidence that contradicts the key findings of the previous bipartisan and independent investigations."

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COMMENTS: 
*  ... This is a Republican ruse as usual. Republicans can't govern so they criticize and investigate. They put up roadblocks to keep anything from being accomplished. Ask McConnell what his game plan has been for almost 8 years.
*  Clearly, you don't know what you are talking about.  SEVEN investigations have reviewed the 'evidence' and found NOTHING!! This has nothing to do with ensuring Benghazi doesn't happen again. This is ONLY about trying to hurt Hillary's election chances - while WASTING MILLIONS of taxpayer dollars!!
*  Issa and Gowdy should both be arrested for sedition, treason, and abuse of their offices for political/partisan goals.
*  Face facts, the GOP will not stop this until the election and will try to bring anything that even sounds bad out to try to hurt HC. This is a tax payer GOP political act that we have to pay for. If HC wins the election then we will have 4 to 8 more years of this. Most of us do not like paying the millions of dollars the GOP is forcing us to pay while they scream cut cost. Take a look at their budget plan, cuts to food stamps, Social Security while 30 billion in more tax cuts for the rich. When is people going to wake up and put a stop to these clowns?
*  And that doesn't even count the hearings that are still going on about Planned Parenthood, the despicable Rick Snyder who has poisoned men women and children (who the GOP claims to love so much!) which the GOP will clear of any wrongdoing as soon as it is out of the public's eye long enough, and probably half a dozen other things that have nothing to do with anything important in America like climate change that could kill us all! but no the self important GOP will while away their time on unimportant things while they finish their plans of taking over the presidency and making America the "United Republican States of America" in which Americans will have no rights at all!
*   Nothing says "we're fiscally responsible" like spending 10 million dollars on a political witch hunt. Taxpayers should file a class action suit against the GOP to get our money back.
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GOP’s Benghazi Committee just keeps going (and going)
By Steve Benen, April 8, 2016

Remember the House Republicans’ Benghazi Committee? It was nearly six months ago that the GOP-led panel held a farcical, 11-hour hearing with Hillary Clinton, which only reinforced suspicions that the committee served no legitimate purpose.

That was October of last year. Believe it or not, the investigation still exists, and the panel’s Democratic minority issued a statement yesterday announcing the committee’s newest milestone.

[Thursday] marks the 700th day since the authorization of the Select Committee on Benghazi. During this time, Republicans have discovered no new evidence that contradicts the key findings of the previous bipartisan and independent investigations.

“As House Republicans drag on their taxpayer-funded partisan attacks on Secretary Clinton closer and closer to the election, their actions have shockingly become even more partisan, secretive, and dysfunctional,” said Ranking Member Elijah Cummings.

I can appreciate why these totals may seem abstract, but to put this in context, the 9/11 Commission, investigating every possible angle to the worst terrorist attack in the history of the country, worked for 604 days and created a bipartisan report endorsed by each of the commission’s members.

The Benghazi committee is now on its 701st day, and even some congressional Republicans have admitted the panel is a partisan exercise, making it that much more difficult to justify its prolonged existence.

Rep. Trey Gowdy’s (R-S.C.) Benghazi panel has also lasted longer than the investigations into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, the Iran-Contra scandal, Church Committee, and the Watergate probe.

What’s more, following up on our previous coverage, the Benghazi investigation, which has cost American taxpayers over $6.5 million, isn’t done. There is no end date in mind, and there’s every reason to believe GOP lawmakers will just keep it going, probably with this year’s presidential election in mind, though I suppose it’s possible that it will simply continue forever.

Just so we’re clear, though I find the Republicans’ Benghazi Committee ridiculous, I’m not suggesting the deadly terrorist attack in Libya, which left four Americans dead, is unworthy of investigation. Just the opposite is true – Congress had a responsibility to determine what happened and take steps to prevent similar attacks in the future.

But therein lies the point: seven separate congressional committees investigated the Benghazi attack before the Select Committee was even created. This was already one of the most scrutinized events in American history. Republican lawmakers, however, didn’t quite care for what the evidence told them, so they effectively concluded, “Maybe an eighth committee will tell us something the other seven committees didn’t.”

That, alas, was over 700 days ago. If there’s a coherent defense for this exercise, I can’t think of it.
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