Holder in contempt

[mnealtx 0]

Good.

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The House voted Thursday to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not complying with a congressional subpoena.

Seventeen Democrats bucked party lines and voted with Republicans to pass a criminal contempt resolution in a 255-67 vote. House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) pushed that resolution as part of his 16-month investigation into a botched Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[airdvr 210]

A little good news...

Please don't dent the planet.

Destinations by Roxanne

[kelpdiver 2]

wonder if it is coincidence that it occurred in the aftermath of the surprise health care decision.

[rhaig 0]

not that anything will come of it.

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Rob

[mnealtx 0]

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wonder if it is coincidence that it occurred in the aftermath of the surprise health care decision.

Given that it's been talked about for something like the past week, I'm pretty sure it's coincidence.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[JohnRich 4]

The first sitting Cabinet member ever to be held in contempt by Congress in the history of America.

He owes beer.

[jclalor 12]

They need to do something with their time other than work on a jobs plan.

Perhaps they have some new leads on the Vince Foster "suicide".

[winsor 236]

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not that anything will come of it.

Recall that Nixon left office not for orchestrating the Watergate break-in, but for participating in the cover-up. Impeachment proceedings against Clinton were not the result of getting a honkjob, but for denying it under oath.

"Oh! What a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive!," and so forth.


BSBD,

Winsor

[davjohns 1]

Now what? Does the House Sergeant at Arms go arrest him?

I'm not sure how they can enforce it since the Executive is clearly not going to cooperate.

I've always wondered why the House doesn't just do the obvious and cut the purse strings when sections of the government get squirrelly.

This is shaping up to be a weird election year.

I know it just wouldnt be right to kill all the stupid people that we meet..

But do you think it would be appropriate to just remove all of the warning labels and let nature take its course.

[StreetScooby 5]

House could arrest Holder with inherent contempt power

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Republicans say it’s not even under consideration, with House Speaker John A. Boehner’s spokesman flatly ruling it out.

But the process, known as inherent contempt, is well-established by precedent, has been confirmed by multiple Supreme Court rulings, and is available to any Congress willing to force such a confrontation.

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