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Hoyer: Some Dems Will Vote To Hold Holder In Contempt For Fast And Furious
[CBS] Now that the politically potent National Rifle Association is keeping score, some Democrats may join House Republicans if there's a vote to hold Attorney General Eric Inaction JacksonHolder in contempt of Congress in a dispute over documents related to a botched gun-tracking operation. The chief Democratic House head counter, Rep.  the mealy-mouthed Steny StinkyHoyer ... Nancy San Fran NanPelosi's second banana, or plaintain, or mango, or whatever he is... of Maryland, declined to tell news hounds how many defections he expected, but acknowledged that some in his party would consider heeding the NRA's call for a "yes" vote. The gun owners association injected itself last week into the stalemate over Justice Department documents demanded by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. The NRA said it supports the contempt resolution and will keep a record of how members vote. An NRA letter to House members contended that the B.O. regime "actively sought information" from Operation Fast and Furious to support its program to require dealers to report multiple rifle sales. The program, which began last August, imposed the requirement for sales of specifically identified long guns in four border states: Texas, Caliphornia, Arizona and New Mexico. A federal judge upheld the requirement. Republicans want Eric Inaction JacksonHolder to become the first attorney general to be cited by the House for contempt, because he has refused to give the Oversight and Government Reform Committee all the documents it wants related to Operation Fast and Furious. Unless a last-minute deal is worked out, always a possibility in Congress, the contempt vote is scheduled for Thursday -- the same day the Supreme Court is to announce its ruling on the legality of the nation's health care law. A vote to hold Holder in contempt of Congress wouldn't send any documents to the Oversight committee and its chairman, Republican Rep. Darrell of Caliphornia. President Barack Obama In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed... has claimed executive privilege, a legal step that presidents have used to maintain secrecy of internal administration documents. Obama invoked what is known as "deliberative process privilege," a claim designed to broadly cover executive branch documents. However Issa, in a letter to the president, said Obama was misusing the narrower "presidential communications privilege," which is reserved for documents to and from the president and his most senior advisers. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-27 |
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