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The Spectacle Blog
The House Oversight Committee has voted 23-17 to send a resolution finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress to the full House. It was a straight party-line vote. The president’s assertion of executive privilege regarding the Fast and Furious documents did not do anything to deter congressional action.
House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor said in a statement that a full House vote could come next week if Holder and the Justice Department don’t turn over the requested documents. “Despite being given multiple opportunities to provide the documents necessary for Congress’ investigation into Fast and Furious, Attorney General Holder continues to stonewall,” they said.
UPDATE: Cantor tweets, “Unless the Attorney General reevaluates his choice & supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week.”
Country singer Charlie Daniels was even more pointed:” I hope the house don’t wimp out and panty waist their way out of a contempt citation on Holder A family lost a son and somebody needs to pay.”
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Al Adab| 6.20.12 @ 6:03PM
For all that's Holy in our Constitution,
Pass the bleeping resolution.
CJW| 6.20.12 @ 6:30PM
One American and hundreds of poor Mexicans died as a result of Obama/Holder supplying weapons to gangsters, and they are trying to cover it up. Holder will stonewall as long as possible to help Obama with the election.
And the Dems still have dreams about Watergate as a scandal!!
If you supplied weapons to gangsters who use them to kill you would probably be indicted as an accomlice on murder charges, at least manslaughter charges of gross negligence because you supplied weapons knowing or should have known they would be used in a crme.
The hypocrisy is Holder and his ilk would sue gun manufacturers and sellers for civil damages for injuries caused by the guns.
RJ| 6.20.12 @ 10:14PM
The Obama Administration is becoming more of a bad joke with each passing day. For over a year, we have seen it release to the "news" media sensitive national security information to promote Obama's false image of a strong and capable Commander-in-Chief. It has gotten so bad that public pressure forced an investigation. Now, Obama claims "executive privilege" to stonewall Congress regarding the Obama Administration's program of running guns to Mexican drug gangs. (In opposition to his past comments on executive privilege) In matters of national security, the executive branch customarily claims that it shares the findings of the intelligence agencies with the appropriate members of Congress. Now the failed DOJ program is off limits to anyone in Congress? Ladies and Gentlemen, Emperor Obama has no clothes.
Bob K| 6.20.12 @ 10:28PM
The documents will be released as soon as they have been forged.
Bob S| 6.20.12 @ 11:54PM
The Democrats in Congress no longer represent the interests of the people, they only represent the Party. Fast and Furious was the Democrats trying to pull the wool over our eyes and causing a scandal to get us to accept gun control. It failed when a border patrol agent got killed with those guns and people wouldn't let it go until they got the truth. The Democrats in Congress, instead of seeking the truth for the American people, are protecting their thugs in the DoJ. It's very sad.