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http://proteinwisdom.com/?p=41158
its a witch hunt talking points. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) defended Eric Holder after a House panel found him in contempt of Congress, saying the attorney general has “worked in good faith” with Republicans who are on a witch-hunt. Issa goes on 'fast and furious' witch ... There are charges to get to because the information is being withheld. sdferr says June 20, 2012 at 5:50 pm. There aren't, I meant. newrouter says June 20, 2012 at 5:53 pm. wiki ...
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http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama-tries-to-shield-holder-from-contempt-charge/article/2500228
... becoming the first attorney general ever held in contempt of Congress. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday approved a contempt charge against Holder along party lines, with all 23 Republicans voting for it and 17 Democrats voting against it. ... the nation's top law enforcement officer by a congressional committee. President Clinton's attorney general, Janet Reno, was found in contempt by the same panel in 1998, but the matter went no further.
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http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/06/28/in-historic-vote-house-finds-attorney-general-in-contempt-of-congress/
The House of Representatives voted 255-67, to find Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress in what has become an explosive dispute over documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, a failed gun-tracing ... He is the first Attorney General ever to face such a sanction, even though the president asserted executive privilege over the documents sought by the panel. Rep. ... Most similar to this case is that of President Bill Clinton's Attorney General Janet Reno.
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http://www.91outcomes.com/2012/06/house-gop-pursues-contempt-of-congress.html
This article is from MSNBC First Read, http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/11/12167268-house-gopers-to-pursue-contempt-of-congress-against-holder?lite · Contempt of Congress can involve ... hearing on the Justice Department. The motion will have to pass through committee before it sees a full vote in the House. The AP reports that House Republicans are pursuing this motion against Holder "for failing to produce some documents the panel is seeking.
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http://www.libertylounge.net/forums/17835-house-judiciary-commitee-votes-seek-contempt.html
“It's not a step that, as chairman, I take easily or lightly,” the head of the panel, Representative John D. Conyers, Democrat of Michigan, said before the committee voted to cite Joshua B. Bolten, the president's chief of staff, ... In 1998, a House investigating committee voted along party lines to charge Attorney General Janet Reno with contempt of Congress in a dispute over whether an independent counsel should be appointed to prosecute campaign finance abuses.
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http://althouse.blogspot.com/2012/06/house-oversight-committee-votes-to.html
“I treat assertions of executive privilege very seriously, and I believe they should be used only sparingly,” said Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the panel's ranking Democrat. “In this ... Issa: Turn them over or tomorrow we will hold you in contempt of congress. Holder: I'll ... Although, at some point, one would presume, if we weren't living in Bizarre-o-world, the contempt charge itself would force the media to do the job it so desperately doesn't want to do.
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http://theobamacrat.com/2012/06/29/doj-to-congress-suck-it-again-white-house-says-holder-wont-be-prosecuted-for-contempt/
CBS News) One day after the House voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to provide documents relating to the Fast and Furious gunwalking program, White House spokesperson Jay Carney ... The contempt charge does not address the controversial Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Fast and Furious operation itself, which allowed more than 2,000 weapons to fall into the hands of suspected traffickers for ...
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http://thegrio.com/2012/06/20/house-committee-holds-eric-holder-in-contempt/
WASHINGTON (AP) — Setting up a potential constitutional confrontation, a Republican-controlled House panel voted Wednesday to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress, just hours after President Barack Obama invoked executive privilege ... The last Cabinet member to be cited by a congressional committee for contempt was Attorney General Janet Reno in President Bill Clinton's administration. .... Charges dropped in teen science experiment ...
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http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/21/holder-slams-house-contempt-vote-unwarranted-unnecessary-and-unprecedented/
I seem to remember many cases of cabinet members being held in contempt by Congress…. the most memorable one being Janet Reno because of the Waco and Ruby Ridge disasters…. Oddly enough, more .... A House panel voted Wednesday in favor of holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, a move that inflamed partisan rancor on Capitol Hill and sets up the possibility of legal action against the attorney general himself. Holder has not yet ...
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http://onlineathens.com/national-news/2012-06-21/gop-holder-open-talks-contempt-vote
929. UGA student arrested on DUI charge ... House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said the full House would vote next week on accepting the Oversight and Government Reform Committee's contempt of Congress vote. Committee officials who would ... The last Cabinet member to be cited by a congressional committee for contempt was Attorney General Janet Reno in President Bill Clinton's administration. That was never ...
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http://pjmedia.com/blog/house-oversight-committee-finds-holder-in-contempt-of-congress/
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted 23-17 along party lines to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress today, pushing forward with the action even after the White House slapped an 11th-hour executive privilege on subpoenaed documents still ... “I am horrified that you are going forward with this contempt charge when the president of the United States and administration have invoked executive privilege,” said Rep.
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http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/06/21/attorney-general-eric-holder-house-republicans-open-to-talks-before-contempt-vote-over-fast-and-furious-documents/
Holder wants a House panel to drop plans to try to hold him in contempt of Congress, and the panel's chairman wants more Justice Department documents regarding Operation Fast and Furious, a flawed gun-smuggling probe in Arizona. Holder and Rep. ... Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of pursuing Holder in an effort to suppress votes in the upcoming elections, because he is in charge of safeguarding voting rights. “I'm telling you, this is ...
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http://www.baptistboard.com/showthread.php?t=79644
Jim Matheson (D-Utah) on Tuesday became one of the first Democrats to publicly declare he will vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, breaking from his party on what is expected to be a mostly ...
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http://gds44.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/editorial-holders-contempt-and-obamas-privilege-washington-times/
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday to recommend a contempt charge against Mr. Holder. Since October, the Justice Department has refused to respond to a subpoena seeking 1,300 ...
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http://www.conservativerefocus.com/blog5.php/2012/04/30/us-house-preparing-contempt-of-congress-charges-against-eric-holder-for-fast-and-furious-delays
WASHINGTON — Republican House leaders have drafted a proposed contempt of Congress citation against Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in which they charge that he and his Justice ... During the Clinton administration, the Republican-controlled House oversight panel voted Atty. Gen. Janet Reno in contempt for failing to comply with a subpoena related to campaign finance law violations. During the George W. Bush administration, the Democratic-led House Judiciary ...
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http://spectator.org/archives/2013/05/23/lerners-plea
We all remember Nancy Pelosi's acidic response, “Are you serious?,” to a question suggesting that the Constitution might somehow constrain the Congress. Examples in the same vein are plentiful, from our President and ...
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http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/10/16/justice-department-seeks-dismissal-of-house-lawsuit-on-fast-and-furious/
The Republican-led House panel spearheaded a successful contempt of Congress vote against Holder in June, mostly on a party-line vote. The lawyers argue that President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege ...
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http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Judiciary_Committee_approves_contempt_of_Congress_0730.html
The House Judiciary Committee has voted 20-14 to approve a contempt of Congress resolution against former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for his failure to appear after a Congressional subpoena. Voting along party .... New Mexico Republican party Chief Allen Weh reportedly pressed Karl Rove through an aide to have Mr. Iglesias replaced in 2005 because he was dissatisfied by Mr. Iglesias' charging decisions in vote fraud matters. That issue was ...
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http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/by-a-majority-house-charges-attorney-general-eric-holder-with-contempt-of-congress/
The House of Representatives voted Thursday to make Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.the first sitting attorney general to be held in contempt of Congress for withholding documents requested as part of a congressional ... authorizing civil action against Holder, theHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee is expected to mount a court challenge to President Obama's decision to invoke executive privilege over some of the documents sought by the panel.
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/faster-and-furiouser-darrell-issa-strikes-back-holds-eric-holder-contempt
Promise. From Bloomberg: A U.S. House committee brushed aside President Barack Obama's claim of executive privilege and held Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over documents related to a law enforcement effort to track guns to Mexican drug cartels. In a party-line vote, the Republican majority on the House Oversight and Government Reform panel voted to approve the first contempt citation for a Cabinet member in 14 years.
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