Wisconsin Spotlight| Dec. 27, 2022 

By Fred Lucas, the Daily Signal 

The House’s new Republican majority is poised to investigate the Biden administration’s secretive, all-of-government effort to get out the vote. 

President Joe Biden’s executive order of March 2021 calls for every federal agency, in partnership with private organizations, to “consider ways to expand citizens’ opportunities to register to vote and to obtain information about, and participate in, the electoral process.” 

With some exceptions, most federal agencies haven’t provided records on implementation of Biden’s executive order after  requests for public records were made by Congress, news organizations, and government watchdog groups. In October, the Justice Department invoked “presidential privilege” to shield related documents. 

“Our federal agencies should never be utilized for partisan, political purposes,” Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI 1st CD), a member of the House Administration Committee, told The Daily Signal in a statement. 

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