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Jun 28, 2012 · By John Bresnahan and Seung Min Kim. 06/28/2012 04:43 PM EDT. Updated: 06/28/2012 05:47 PM EDT. The House has voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his...
Jun 28, 2012 · June 28, 2012, 1:48 PM PDT. By Ned Resnikoff. The House voted on Thursday to Attorney General Eric Holder in both criminal and civil contempt of Congress, following a months-long...
Jun 28, 2012 · In 2012, the House voted 255-67 to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents related to a gun-smuggling investigation. The vote was historic, controversial and sparked a legal battle over executive privilege.
- Democrats call it "a transparently political stunt" The vote followed an acrimonious floor debate, with Democrats calling the contempt measure a politically motivated witch hunt against Holder.
- But the vote was actually bipartisan. The claim by Democrats and the liberal mainstream media that this is a "political witch hunt" would be more believable if it weren't for the inconvenient fact that "17 Democrats crossed party lines and voted to find Eric Holder in contempt of Congress," says Dana Pretzer at Scared Monkeys.
- This is still primarily an inside-the-Beltway story. The contempt vote is important to politicos on both sides. Democrats thunder that they're outraged over the unprecedented contempt vote and Republicans shout that they're outraged over the death of Brian Terry, a Border Patrol agent killed in 2010, possibly by a Fast and Furious-connected assault rifle, says Chris Cillizza at The Washington Post.
- And Republicans just fired their last bullet. This vote was a big deal in some ways, but not in any practical sense, says Robert Beckhusen at Wired. After holding Holder in contempt, "there's almost nothing left for Congress to do."
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Jun 28, 2012 · The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over his refusal to produce Operation Fast and Furious documents subpoenaed last October. The vote on H.Res. 711, making a finding of contempt, was approved by a vote of 255 to 67.
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Jun 28, 2012 · The House passed the resolution by a 255-67 vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. The highly political resolution holds Holder in contempt for refusing...
