House Republicans Set Holder Contempt Vote for Next Week

[steve2470]

Source: Bloomberg

House Republican leaders set a vote next week to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on the recommendation of a panel that condemned President Barack Obama’s last-minute assertion of executive privilege to shield documents from lawmakers.

House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced the vote yesterday after the Oversight and Government Reform Committee made Holder the first Cabinet official held in contempt by a congressional panel in 14 years.

The panel’s party-line contempt resolution is the latest escalation in a standoff that began last year over documents related to the Fast and Furious gun operation, which allowed illegally purchased firearms from the U.S. to wind up in Mexico.

“While we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the attorney general reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week,” Boehner and Cantor said in a statement. “If, however, Attorney General Holder produces these documents prior to the scheduled vote, we will give the Oversight Committee an opportunity to review in hopes of resolving this issue.”

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-21/house-republicans-set-holder-contempt-vote-for-next-week.html

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By Seth Stern and James Rowley - Jun 21, 2012 12:00 AM GMT-0400

I'll look for the official link.

[steve2470]

1. Boehner, Cantor Announce House Fast & Furious Contempt Vote Next Week

http://boehner.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=300301

Jun 20, 2012

Washington-

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Fast & Furious operation:

“Despite being given multiple opportunities to provide the documents necessary for Congress’ investigation into Fast and Furious, Attorney General Holder continues to stonewall. Today, the Administration took the extraordinary step of exerting executive privilege over documents that the Attorney General had already agreed to provide to Congress. Fast and Furious was a reckless operation that led to the death of an American border agent, and the American people deserve to know the facts to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. While we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the Attorney General reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week. If, however, Attorney General Holder produces these documents prior to the scheduled vote, we will give the Oversight Committee an opportunity to review in hopes of resolving this issue.”

*end of statement*

Fuckers.

[DallasNE]

4. What About The Breach Of National Security

And the damage done to Iranian intelligence when the Bush Whitehouse outed CIA Agent Valerie Plame-Wilson. Executive Privilege was placed over all documents related to that wildly criminal case. No contempt vote there. In fact, you have to go back to the last Democratic administration to find the last contempt charge filed. Obviously, we are operating under two different sets of laws, depending on whether the President is a Democrat or a Republican. That sucks.

[cstanleytech]

8. Dont forget the secret meetings Cheney had with energy executives

that they threw executive privilege over to hide.

[Beaverhausen]

2. When do they vote on the President's jobs bill?

I hate boner and cantor. Hate them

[TomClash]

13. They have contempt for jobs nt

[Scootaloo]

3. Are we forming a betting pool...

Over which Democrats will - "in the interests of bipartisanship" - join with the republicans on this?

[Drunken Irishman]

6. I bet my Congressman does...

He's in a tough reelection fight in a new district. He'll probably vote very, very conservative these next few months (if he votes at all).

[Akoto]

5. Okay, *now* I am confused.

What documents hasn't he turned over? My understanding was that a contempt finding would result from Holder not providing all desired documents.

Surely, they can't hold him in contempt for not providing documents now shielded by executive privilege. I believe that would be quite illegal.

[cstanleytech]

7. They should also hold a contempt hearing for themselves as

most of the population has nothing but contempt for them.

[BlueMTexpat]

9. It won't do any good.

But I just sent a scathing letter to the Orange Man.

Eric Holder, like President Obama, is "guilty" in their eyes of one thing only: SWB (serving while black).

I have my own issues with Mr. Holder. Like not serving indictments on the most blatant administration criminals (Bush, Cheney & their whole sorry lot) in US history or his zealous enforcement of discredited and useless "Drug War" policy, for instance.

But against Boehner, Cantor and any Representative who will support this vote for whatever reason, Holder stands tall indeed.

[clang1]

15. re: Eric Holder, like President Obama, is "guilty" in their eyes of one thing only: SWB (serving whi

This crap was hatched before Holder was AG.

[BlueMTexpat]

19. True - but he IS the first person in the Obama Administration where they're

now pulling out the stops - most probably because they are nervous about the voter suppression that the DOJ is looking into.

But I wouldn't even attribute a logical motive to them. They are hollow people who can only spout what their handlers tell them.

And yes, it IS crap.

[NBachers]

10. Couldn't have anything to do with Justice Dept. interest in republican vote crime treason, could it?

[Volaris]

11. I really hope that after the President gets re-elected,

he decides to start his day, everyday, by collecting the political Head of some random, idiot Republican. Just pick a Congressional Republican name out of a hat, and go find SOMETHING stupid they said in the last 6 months or so, or some really IGNORANT-type vote they cast, and go find a microphone, and with his morning coffee in hand, call them out by name, and let The People know who S/He is, what they did, and how that thing ended up fucking the rest of us out of a decent life.

...Contempt of Congress for claiming Executive Privilege.. what hypocritical nonsense. Speaker Pelosi is RIGHT, she COULD HAVE had Rove ARRESTED for the level of Contempt he showed Congress. The problem as the GOP sees it, apparently, is that she DIDN'T. And if the GOP want to REALLY pick a political fight, Obama should threaten to remedy that oversight IMMEDIATELY. He needs to crack heads on this.

[clang1]

16. re: I really hope that after the President gets re-elected,

Wow. Now thats the best idea I have read in this entire thread. Heh. Wouldn't it be nice.

[RBInMaine]

12. This will BACKFIRE on the Pukes in a BIG WAY, and it will only embolden African Americans and all

Dems to work that much harder to re-elect the President and get rid of these crazy radical TeaSCUM.

[dipsydoodle]

14. BBC News link

A US House of Representatives committee has voted along party lines to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

Mr Holder refused to hand over papers relating to a botched sting operation.

The move comes after President Barack Obama used his executive privilege to withhold documents sought by the House Oversight Committee.

But Mr Holder said claims that he did not co-operate over Operation Fast and Furious were "untrue".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18528798

[still_one]

17. I have more contempt for congress and the clowns that make up that body. They are an embarrassment

to the people they are supposed to represent

[SoFlaJet]

18. Rachel did a GREAT job

last night, explaining the whole thing, where and when it started and who is the one nut who pretty much got the whole thing rolling. I highly recommend checking it out. The republican party has finally jumped the shark and went right off the cliff with this one.