Eric Holder Charged with Contempt

[roliath]

I am at work now, who refused to vote? What was the vote?

http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/28/pelosi-encourages-democrats-to-walk-out-on-holder-contempt-vote/

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi encouraged members of her caucus to “walk out” on a floor vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his failure to comply with a congressional subpoena related to Operation Fast and Furious documents.

“I’m very moved by the members of the Congressional Black Caucus who say they are going to walk out on this,” Pelosi said on the House floor Thursday afternoon. “Walk out on this. Perhaps that’s the best way.”

“I commend [Michigan Democratic Rep. John] Dingell for his leadership,” Pelosi added. “So we can get to the bottom of this and we can offer some solace to [slain Border Patrol agent] Brian Terry’s family.”

Dingell, the Terry family’s lifelong congressman, lost the trust of the Terry family on Thursday morning when he refused to support the contempt of Congress charges against Holder. The family said Dingell abandoned them.

“I myself said I was coming to this floor to vote against this resolution,” Pelosi continued, before saying she has now flip-flopped and will walk out herself. “I want to join my CBC colleagues when we have the walkout after we have the debate on Mr. Dingell’s [resolution].”

“I urge my colleagues to vote ‘no’ or not vote,” Pelosi added. “It’s Eric Holder one day, you don’t know who it is the next.”

In response to Pelosi’s threats, House oversight committee chairman Rep. Darrell Issa said the reason why Holder is going to be held in contempt is “he’s custodian of the records” related to Fast and Furious that he’s refused to turn over.



Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/28/pe...#ixzz1z7ivU1nF

[KBScobravert]

yep
good riddance

I was swamped from noon to just now and caught footage of them walking out refusing to vote.

I am at work now, who refused to vote? What was the vote?

[roliath]

Vote just came in. Holder has been held in contempt of congress!

yep
good riddance

I was swamped from noon to just now and caught footage of them walking out refusing to vote.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Vote just came in. Holder has been held in contempt of congress!

im surprised they didn't let this skate by with healthcare shit.

[bottlerocket]

Vote just came in. Holder has been held in contempt of congress!

[CJ]

You know why they're breaking ranks though right? The NRA has told Congress they're scoring on this one. Quite a few of those bastards have NRA members in their districts.

LaPierre let them have it.

[CJ]

I really hope they nail his ass. I just want to see what they are protecting. You better bet your ass they will do whatever they can to hold the secret until past the election.

[Forever_frost]

You know why they're breaking ranks though right? The NRA has told Congress they're scoring on this one. Quite a few of those bastards have NRA members in their districts.

[Forever_frost]

I'm hoping Judge Roberts takes a public shit on Barry tomorrow. He owes him one.

Yeah, especially for 2 State of the Union addresses AND numerous jabs at them publicly

[KBScobravert]

Oooohhh I am getting butterflies in my stomach.

[Vertnut]

I'm hoping Judge Roberts takes a public shit on Barry tomorrow. He owes him one.

[Geor!]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012...as-vote-looms/


Up to 20 Democrats will be crossing the aisle in the contempt vote tomorrow.


Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for him

For both of them, hopefully. Obama is going to wish this entire week never happened. Egyption elections, Arizona law, F&F, Obamacare.

[46Tbird]

"(Republicans) have shown very little interest in reaching a resolution. Instead, they've chosen a path of political confrontation and theater," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday. "It is politics."

I'm okay with confrontation and "theater" if it outs a bunch of bastards that are selling weapons to drug cartels. Boohoo, it's also happening in an election year. I hope the whole debacle gets Obama thrown out on his ass, too.

[Slowhand]

Beautiful.

[Strychnine]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/06/27/house-democrat-breaks-ranks-to-back-holder-contempt-as-vote-looms/

Up to 20 Democrats will be crossing the aisle in the contempt vote tomorrow.


Hopefully this is the beginning of the end for him

Holder in peril as Dems break ranks on contempt resolution

The congressional contempt vote against Attorney General Eric Holder is looking more and more like a fait accompli, as House Speaker John Boehner presses ahead with a Thursday floor vote and conservative Democrats one-by-one announce they will side with Republicans.

At least four Democrats so far have said they plan to vote to hold Holder in contempt over his refusal to turn over Operation Fast and Furious documents. Sources told Fox News that roughly 20 are likely to break ranks.

Those Democrats are largely conservative-leaning lawmakers facing perilous political circumstances in their home districts. But regardless of motive, their support only increases the odds that the nation's top law enforcement official will be held in contempt of Congress come Thursday.

Should this happen, the vote would touch off a whole new legal process -- in which a U.S. attorney would be called upon to convene a grand jury to consider the allegations and whether to indict, though with Holder at the helm it's unclear how that would play out.

The two sides also will likely continue to battle over the documents at the heart of the dispute as President Obama tries to lock them down by claiming executive privilege.

Several Democrats indicated Wednesday they don't buy that argument.

"While Republicans and Democrats argue over the scope of the people's right to know what happened, the attorney general has decided to withhold relevant documents," Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga., said in a statement announcing he would support the contempt resolution. "The only way to get to the bottom of what happened is for the Department of Justice to turn over the remaining documents, so that we can work together to ensure this tragedy never happens again."

Other Democrats to announce an anti-Holder stance include Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.; Collin Peterson, D-Minn.; and Jim Matheson, D-Utah.

Matheson said the public, Congress and the family of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry -- whose murder scene included weapons from the botched anti-gunrunning operation -- "deserve answers."

The White House, though, slammed Republican leaders for pressing ahead, accusing them of engaging in "political gamesmanship" with a vote they claim could have been avoided.

"(Republicans) have shown very little interest in reaching a resolution. Instead, they've chosen a path of political confrontation and theater," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday. "It is politics."

Carney said Democrats are "hopeful" a last-minute arrangement can be reached, but expressed doubt that would happen.

Boehner said Thursday that "we are going to proceed." The House Rules Committee was set to tee up a Thursday floor vote on contempt by taking up two related contempt resolutions Wednesday afternoon.

The vote is proceeding despite a last-ditch attempt by Obama administration officials on Tuesday to work out a deal