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Issa, Boehner at odds over holding Holder in contempt of Congress
The Daily Caller ^ | 04/27/2012 | Matthew Boyle -

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 ...


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1 posted on 04/27/2012 9:54:03 AM PDT by george76
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To: george76

Boehner is a sapinless pussy and apparently an AVID Obama supporter! SPIT!


2 posted on 04/27/2012 9:55:10 AM PDT by MagUSNRET (I have always been proud of my country, it is my government that I am ashamed of!)
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To: george76
House Speaker John Boehner is only partially in his court

Boy . . . I tell ya' this jackass has to go. I'm so fed up with this jerk being afraid to tell Obama to go to hell with funding Planned Predators, de-funding Obamacare, and now refusing to let this go through. How in the hell do we get rid of this worthless, useless, spineless ba$tard?

3 posted on 04/27/2012 9:57:04 AM PDT by laweeks
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To: LucyT; MestaMachine

Boehner has not called for Holder’s resignation, nor has he been vocal about Fast and Furious save for a few times saying he backed Issa’s push for accountability


4 posted on 04/27/2012 9:57:39 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Boner is a useless RINO and needs to be removed from office ASAP


5 posted on 04/27/2012 9:58:21 AM PDT by clamper1797 (Hoping to have some change left)
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To: george76
Unfortunately boehner understands it will accomplish nothing at all except give the dims and the administration something else to call the GOP racist over.
6 posted on 04/27/2012 9:59:32 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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Boner doesn’t want to lose any of his beloved golf partners...


7 posted on 04/27/2012 10:02:00 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: laweeks
"How in the hell do we get rid of this worthless, useless, spineless ba$tard?"

Damn! Watch Out!

If Boehner should happen to see this sort of comment, you know-the tears thing.

8 posted on 04/27/2012 10:03:04 AM PDT by skimbell
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WTF? FUJB! So his true colors (Bohner) continue to show. He is way worse than a RINO!


9 posted on 04/27/2012 10:03:47 AM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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To: MagUSNRET

Boehner is all you said, quite content to an Obama win in November so long as he can retain his own career and enriched retirement.

What a slug.


10 posted on 04/27/2012 10:07:15 AM PDT by RitaOK (Nevermind, Newt. Forget the convention. I'm trusting God for the rest.)
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To: george76

As always, in the case of finding complicity in un-lawful engagements, the use of the “National Security Issues” as a Defense will be invoked, and the contemptable Democrats will walk free. It happens EVERY time.


11 posted on 04/27/2012 10:07:42 AM PDT by traditional1 (Don't gotsta worry 'bout no mo'gage, don't gotsta worry 'bout no gas; Obama gonna take care o' me!)
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Boehner is apparently Trent Lott II.


12 posted on 04/27/2012 10:09:45 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: george76
Bonehead is a wimp and should be kicked out of the Speakership. He is worthless.
13 posted on 04/27/2012 10:10:55 AM PDT by Logical me
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To: Logical me

These guys don’t want to play contact politics. All they want is to recognized as in charge or in line to or whatever.


14 posted on 04/27/2012 10:14:48 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: george76; Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot; ...

Somebody has boehner’s number. Wonder what his price was.


15 posted on 04/27/2012 10:15:09 AM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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Issa, Boehner at odds over holding Holder in contempt of Congress

No need to read further to learn who is taking which position.

16 posted on 04/27/2012 10:15:31 AM PDT by Will88
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To: cuban leaf

” Boehner is apparently Trent Lott II.”

YES!!


17 posted on 04/27/2012 10:15:40 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: george76
"Thanks for covering my back, John. Without you, I would be in real trouble this reelection."


18 posted on 04/27/2012 10:16:10 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: cuban leaf

Chances are that it is ROMNEY who is behind Boehner’s reluctance, or wobbly stand until which time Romney weighs in on what goes forward and what does not.

The article quotes MITT ROMNEY as being FOR the resignation of Eric Holder. We will find out whether he means that or not.

It’s ROMNEY, as the presumptive nominee, who will determine where this goes on this potential contempt citation against Holder.

He is the defacto leader of the party and the Speaker of the House is not going to buck his direction on ANYTHING going forward.


19 posted on 04/27/2012 10:17:51 AM PDT by RitaOK (Nevermind, Newt. Forget the convention. I'm trusting God for the rest.)
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To: MestaMachine; Joe Brower; Travis McGee; LucyT; vette6387; MetaThought; 60Gunner; XHogPilot

” Issa, Boehner at odds over holding Holder in contempt of Congress”

Been posting this for months..


20 posted on 04/27/2012 10:18:01 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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