House advances Holder contempt resolution with help from 15 Dems

the Hill ^ | 6/28/2012 | Pete Kasperowicz

[Brown Deer]

The House voted Thursday to advance a resolution finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, and a related resolution that could lead to civil court action against Holder.

Members voted 254-173 in favor of a rule governing floor debate for the two resolutions, setting up more debate and votes later in the day. The rule was approved by every Republican, and 15 Democrats, a sign that the resolutions might win the support of about a dozen or more Democrats later in the day.

[cripplecreek]

And this dumb-assed caller want them all to return to the Democrat plantation.

I honestly don't blame the caller. It was democrats who keep him ignorant as surely as the slave owners who lobbied for laws against teaching blacks to read.

[RckyRaCoCo]

On to the courts!

For some reason that doesn't instill a whole lot of confidence...

[Vigilanteman]

Sorry, it was the brothers Moses and Welday Walker who got kicked out of professional baseball and it was in 1884, so my memory was not perfect.

[glennaro]

Institution of judicial procedures vote coming up (it will pass, of course) to begin court action to enforce the House subpoenas to Holder. Issa is controlling the floor in debate right now. Lundgren speaking.

[kidd]

Now 20 minutes of discussion on how to implement the Contempt Resolution

Go to Federal court to implement

[Tennessee Nana]

Lungren explaining that the next vote for resolution 706 gives them permission to go into court with subpoenas etc

Permission to arrest Hoder !!!

Get em Danno...

[Excellence]

The CBC is back?

[pollywog]

GOWDY is great and I tell you we need to make suggestions to ROMNEY that he would make a GREAT VP!

[glennaro]

Unknown Democrat Socialist from DC arguing there is no cover-up or evidence of a cover-up.

[glennaro]

Issa responded that based on what has occurred over the past 10 months any "normal American" would conclude there is a cover-up.

Little-known Democrat Socialist from Virginia saying this is all Bush's fault!

[kidd]

The Gentlewoman from DC is an idiot and is still discussing the resolution.

Here’s a clue: it passed.

[Tennessee Nana]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

That should have been...

Book em Danno !!!

[Red_Devil 232]

Amazing they are still blaming “BUSH”

[KC Burke]

yeah, but with private or independent counsel for the action, ie not Justice Department prosecutor.

[BlatherNaut]

Man, she sure it!

Embarassing.

[kidd]

GOP Members that voted againt the Contmpt resolution:
LaTourette
Rigell

Democrats that voted for the resolution:
Altmire
Barrow
Boren
Boswell
Chandler
Critz
Donnelly (IN)
Hochul
Kind
Kissell
Matheson
McIntyre
Owens
Peterson
Rahall
Ross (AR)
Walz (MN)

[Tennessee Nana]

From the accent on this guy speaking I bet his parents were not born in the US...

[pricilla]

Cummings looks like one of those mechanical cast iron coin banks from many years ago..

[cripplecreek]

Holy Carp.

Now Holder responding by calling it a republican conspiracy to disenfranchise minority voters.

[Brown Deer]

updated headline:

Report: Officer senior officer shot dead at Fort Bragg

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A senior officer was killed in a shooting at Fort Bragg, The Army Times is reporting.

According to Deputy Public Affairs Officer Benjamin Abel, the incident happened on post around 3:30 p.m.

ABC reporter Luis Martinez is reporting an Army official said one person was shot.