GOP Reps. Issa, Graves May Subpoena Budget Chief Lew

Republican Reps. Darrell Issa and Sam Graves are unhappy with Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew. He declined to testify Thursday at a joint hearing of their committees to discuss a draft presidential order that would make companies who want government contracts reveal their political contributions.

And now the two Republicans indicate they may use a subpoena to force Lew’s hand, Politico reports.

Issa chairs the Oversight & Government Reform Committee, while Graves heads the Small Business Committee.

Lew wrote in a letter Friday, “Unfortunately, because this hearing concerns a draft presidential executive order that is still moving through the standard review and feedback process, we will be unable to testify.”

Issa and Graves shot back in a letter Monday: “If the OMB continues to demonstrate an unwillingness to cooperate fully with the Committee’s oversight function, we will be required to consider the use of compulsory process.”