Unplugged: Too Much Czar Power?

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said the key issue with the czars appointed by President Obama is that there is "a lack of oversight" in their decisions as well as the hiring process.

"Constitutionally I can't argue that czars are unconstitutional on their face, but I believe that an appointed official someone who has gone through confirmation needs to take the responsibility for someone" whose selection was done to "circumvent" the vetting process, King said on "Washington Unplugged" Wednesday.

Washington lawyer Lee Casey admitted that giving someone the title of czar "certainly may be a way to getting someone into an administration who otherwise would be controversial."

"The real key is what kind of actual legal authority does this individual exercise?" Casey said.

"We have serious challenges in this nation," Andy Purdy -- a former Bush "czar" -- said before suggesting that czars are typically knowledgeable and beneficial in administrations.

"If the Senate would call in the czars and compel them to testify. They can subpoena anyone they want to call before their committees," King said that might help get some answers in the czar dillema. "The will doesn't exist" to do this though, he argued, because the executive and legislation are both controlled by Democrats.

"If you are just a presidential adviser than that I think [you are]just a person who should work for the president alone and not be subject to congressional review," Purdy argued.

Watch the full interview above, which also includes a feature on a Virginia beauty queen who shaved her head in order to raise money to fight kids' cancer.

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