Posted on 04/27/2012 9:54:00 AM PDT by george76
House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa has drafted a 48-page contempt of Congress citation for Attorney General Eric Holder over Operation Fast and Furious. It now appears Issa is currently moving forward without the support of House Speaker John Boehner.
Holder’s Department of Justice has provided only about 7,000 pages worth of the more than 70,000 pages of documents Issa has subpoenaed related to Operation Fast and Furious.
Issa and many others on Capitol Hill have threatened for months that they’ll hold Holder in contempt without actually doing it. This 48-page contempt citation is the first official step in moving forward with contempt proceedings.
To actually effectively hold Holder in contempt, Issa would need House GOP leadership to play ball. At this point, it appears as though House Speaker John Boehner is only partially in his court.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
“Somebody has boehner’s number. Wonder what his price was.”
His family? His retirement?
His money or his life?
Could not agree more.
As they did with Clinton, the GOP thinks the Secret Service sex problem is what Americans care about more than government gun running to Mexican cartels and the murder of Mexicans and Border Patrol.
We need term limits.
Boehner will try to stop this due to simple cowardice & the Democrats will help due to being dirty murderously corrupt bastards. In the end nothing will happen no matter how many people are killed including Federal LEO’s. Gives you something to think about don’t it.
We might start with the people in Ohio who voted for him.
” This could be a defining moment. There’s no doubt that Boner will order Issa to cease and desist, on pain of losing Boner’s support. OTOH, if Issa refuses to oblige, and goes ahead with it, will Boner be able to stop the momentum that will produce? He certainly will if he can. Much depends on whether the conservatives in congress decide that it is time to revolt against Boner, who has basically been working for Obama ever since the last election, despite all those Tea Party victories.”
We will be watching
I know... Just thinking of the neutered panswetting Rs makes me want to projectile vomit my guts out.
Time for real conservatives to take over the house. These RHINOS are cowards just collecting their bennies.
Very well said. If Boehner does get squeezed look for him to say or do something stupid on his way out that would hurt the GOP, ala Trent Lott.
Then he’ll get a show on CNN!
Time to send John Boehner home for good...new blood needed.
I'm so tired of pussies running this country...
Like I have stated since 2008. All must go in DC. One-term and you are history. Support the Texas agenda, meet twice a year and the rest of the time you are listen to the people whom has elected you. And save the country billions of dollars from travel and vactions. The spending has to stop.
You are right, they didn't have to sell out, but that is the way the game is played. Boehner is skilled at it and so are his subordinates in waiting.
Boehner must go!
Boehner is at odds with anything that would do the socialist lawbreakers any harm. That tells you who Boehner really is.
How does someone like Boehner get the top job in the House?
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