Congress has lost its mind...

Agreed....changing the locks is childish.

But, IMO, not nearly as serious as political grandstanding that could impede the ongoing DoJ/FBI investigation of Countrywide.

The Republicans know full well that they were asked by DoJ not to issue subpoenas while the FBI investigation is in progress.... a standard practice....dont interfere with criminal investigations.

It was pure political theater on the Republican side...so they can go before the friendly media and announce that the Democrats blocked subpoenas of that big bad lending institution.

Context matters.

Towns’ action came after repeated public ridicule from the leading Republican on the committee, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), over Towns’s failure to launch an investigation into Countrywide Mortgage’s reported sweetheart deals to VIPs.

For months Towns has refused Republican requests to subpoena records in the case. Last Thursday Committee Republicans, led by Issa, were poised to force an open vote on the subpoenas at a Committee mark-up meeting.