House Dems Break Ranks, Announce They’ll Vote Holder in Contempt
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At least four House Democrats have announced they are backing the Republican-led effort to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress on Thursday over documents related to the congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furious.
Reps. Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.), John Barrow (D-Ga.) and Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) have joined Rep. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) in announcing they will support the vote.
“While Republicans and Democrats argue over the scope of the people’s right to know what happened, the Attorney General has decided to withhold relevant documents,” Barrow said in a statement, according to Fox News. “The only way to get to the bottom of what happened is for the Department of Justice to turn over the remaining documents, so that we can work together to ensure this tragedy never happens again.”
Fox News reported Rahall and Barrow would supporting the contempt vote. Peterson announced his intention to Politico.
As The Blaze previously reported, Matheson was one of the first Democrats to publicly announce he would back the contempt vote, calling Holder’s “evasiveness” in the Fast and Furious investigation “unacceptable.”
“Utahns expect and deserve transparency and accountability from government officials, especially when a tragedy such as the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent occurs. It just compounds the tragedy when both sides play politics instead of releasing the facts,” Matheson said in a statement. “Sadly, it seems that it will take holding the Attorney General in contempt to communicate that evasiveness is unacceptable. It is a vote I will support.”
It’s unclear precisely how many Democrats will ultimately join the effort. The vote on the contempt resolution last week by House Oversight Committee members was split strictly along party lines, with 23 Republicans in favor and 17 Democrats against.
According to the Charleston, W.Va. Gazette, Rahall is also among a group of Democrats who will be skipping the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. this summer. A statement from his campaign spokesman said Rahall would be spending time instead in West Virginia with his constituents. Rahall has said he would support President Barack Obama’s re-election, according to the Gazette, but has criticized him on some issues, including immigration.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), facing a tough re-election bid, is another Democrat who will be skipping the convention. A McCaskill aide told Talking Points Memo the senator has historically not gone to the convention in years when she is on the ballot.
According to ABC News, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz, and New York Reps. Kathy Hochul and Bill Owens are other sitting lawmakers who will not be attending the convention.
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Comments (70)
gr8t2bfree
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:03pmWe already know his dad is Frank Marshal Davis, a commi. And his mom was a whore called Stanley Ann.
Report Post »gr8t2bfree
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:30pmWay to go blaze. Delete the initial post I responded to and take my comments out of context!
Report Post »SocialistSlayer
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:48pmThis guy has to go to jail but you know obama will give him a pardon before he leaves office.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 7:40pmHolder has exhibited criminal contempt for the House of Representatives and the American People. He should be arrested immediately and shipped to GITMO to await trial. Since the President invoked Executive Privilege he as confessed to being involved with the killing of Mexican citizens. He should be arrested too. He can carry out his duties from his cell in GITMO and if not Biden can use the 25th Amendment and become President.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 7:44pmThe ruling class GOP does not want any vote. The vote was to be on Monday and the changed it to Thursday when the House is going on vacation. Bonier will claim that there wasn’t any time to vote. There is not going to be any vote, GOP and Democrats made a deal last year.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:57pmWow – all of (4) d-rats?
It’s mind-boggling how only half the country really thinks this is a big issue.
Report Post »YtownSports
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:07pmEven some folks on the left know what’s “right.”
Report Post »STUBBYK
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 10:08pmFour is a good start . Goes to show even some those on the left can tell the difference between right and wrong .
Report Post »Dont-hate-on-me-2
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:38amits political . I dont think it has to do with right or wrong. I hope its cause they think its right tho
Report Post »BLACKDIAMONDSKIER
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:57pm“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.” – George Washington
Those that are trying to cover up the truth will soon be buried by it’s weight. This administration will go down as the most CORRUPT ADMINISTRATION in the HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
Report Post »bravjim
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:14pmI don’t know about the most corrupt, there have been some deviants in the past that held the office. But he will rank up there with Johnson, Nixon, Grant, and Wilson.
Report Post »StonyBurk
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:38pmAnd I will NOT count any vote until the House has recorded the votes.I do not trust ANY mere politician to vote as they say they will– until they have.What bothers me about this half white President and his corrupt and lawless AG Is the idiots calling it racism when anybody questions the Presidents judgement or policies.
Report Post »CONSERVATIVE1
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:57pmWhen it hits Odumbass that Holder is a liability, Odumbass WILL end up throwing Holder under the proverbial bus. With Odumbass, it is all about him and only him. Hell, he would throw Mooshelle and the kids under the bus if it guaranteed him re-election. That is the man he is. Holder is still a dim whitted idiot who is just hanging on to the hope that Odumbass will pull him thru this crisis. Holder is just a useful soul who is disposable and he will be disposed of when he has outlived his usefulness and the time is right for Odumbass.
Report Post »Veteran Patriot
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:37pmYep, just what I said in the past. obama is an opportunist that will sacrifice anyone to get to that next four years. Time to throw Holder under the bus…
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 6:36pmIt is hard to throw Holder under the bus when you are going to be dragged under the bus with him
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:55pmI hope he gets fired. He is not good and they were warned about his prior positions according to what I have been reading about him.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:47pmNeurological handinthejarishness.
Report Post »It’s the only logical answer.
CrawfishFestival2
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:40pmAccording to the Charleston, W.Va. Gazette, Rahall is also among a group of Democrats who will be skipping the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. this summer. A statement from his campaign spokesman said Rahall would be spending time instead in West Virginia with his constituents. Rahall has said he would support President Barack Obama’s re-election, according to the Gazette, but has criticized him on some issues, including immigration.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), facing a tough re-election bid, is another Democrat who will be skipping the convention. A McCaskill aide told Talking Points Memo the senator has historically not gone to the convention in years when she is on the ballot.
According to ABC News, Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Pennsylvania Rep. Mark Critz, and New York Reps. Kathy Hochul and Bill Owens are other sitting lawmakers who will not be attending the convention.
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This could be ONE of the MAIN REASONS = The Democatic Party is in CHAOS in North Carolina – as the location of their CONVENTION:
http://www.queerty.com/nc-democratic-party-director-jay-parmley-named-in-male-ex-staffers-sexual-harassment-suit-20120414/
STATE OF CONFUSION
NC Democratic Party Director Jay Parmley Named In Male Ex-Staffer’s Sexual-Harassment Suit
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Report Post »There are other articles on the internet about it – but I used the one on “Queerty” website – to show the ay community is celebrating the filing of this sexual harrassment lawsuit – against DNC
Dave In Arizona
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:33pmThese Dems must be up for re-election
Report Post »Diane TX
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:28pmWhat is the reason for the other Democrats NOT voting for the Contempt of Congress charge against Eric Holder? Don’t they realize that they represent the People who put them in Office?
Those Congress Members are telling the People who voted for them, that their rights to know who authorized Fast & Furious don’t matter.
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:12pmCongress is telling us that lying to Congress by Holder is not Perjury because Holder later said that he misspoke. Nothing will happen to Holder unless Obama stabs him in the back to save himself.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:18pmIf I’m right and the truth comes out almost every single Congressman will vote against Holder, Napolitano and Obama (all but the CBC and they will be did-not-vote’s).
Report Post »antiprogressive
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:57pmYou know that will NEVER happen.
4 Dems crossing party lines amazes the HE!! out of me.
ALL of them?
No way.
The CBC’s vote against is a given.
Just like many supporters on the streets.
Truth and justice have no meaning in the way many people vote.
It‘s all about what’s in it for them and how many freebies they can get.
Just grab the correctly colored handle and pull.
Report Post »And that goes for BOTH sides.
The-Monk
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 11:08pmBreaking news……
The CBC will walk out during the Contempt Vote tomorrow.
Report Post »drrgb
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:16pmHats off to Dems who put the country and constitution above party folly. By the same token, shame on those who blindly defend Obama and Holder because they are black or Democrats. Being black is not a get-out-of-jail-free card or a valid excuse for flaunting the law. Both Obama and Holder are poster boys for the failure of Affirmative Action having skated all the way to the top withoutt being held accountable.
Report Post »davetrav
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:06pmAfter the vote—take him and stick his ass in jail. The law is the law—remind Obama of that.
Report Post »BarbieBabe
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:11pmYou lie to Congress you go to jail. Just ask Martha Stewart
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:05pmThis is way bigger than watergate, to bad journalism died about 40 years ago…….can you imagine if this was a republican ……the news would be 24/7 nonstop… Thank God for the new media, US !
Report Post »cloudsofwar
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 5:17pmthe old MSM caused Nixon to resigned. the new media has no power to force a President out. i wish we still had an honest MSM.
Report Post »balance2scale
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:57pmI know Ill be called a bigot or racist but don’t care. Holder is a smoother version of Al Sharpton and is not our man he is for only a small % of the American people and most people of different countries. Holder and Obama are racists and you know it in your heart. They despise white males and want to hurt them anyway they can. They are the Great Deviders and it will take 50 years to get back to where we were. They want something for nothing for who the represent. Sad but true.
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:16pmThat is just the truth not racism!
Report Post »Coded-Dude
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:52pmHolder is a PA nightmare for the Democrats. Many want him gone, but have abstained from saying anything because Obama has held he still has full confidence in the AG. However, some of them probably KNOW that this is a lost battle and would rather toss Holder to the “wolves” than go down with him. Supporting such criminal activity for political bias alone is career suicide(assuming the truth will come out).
Report Post »FEMALL
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:51pmI won’t be happy until he is charged as accessory to murder.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:10pmAgreed!
Report Post »antiprogressive
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 4:01pmI’m waiting to see proof of WHO ELSE knew about it and condoned it…
Report Post »Perhaps even ORDERED it.
2SENSEWORTH
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:51pmFrom Cicero in 44BC from his last book De Officiis (On Duty), “I would that the government had stood fast in the position it had begun to assume and had not fallen’into the hands of men who desired not so much to reform as to abolish the constitution.”
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:44pmObama got Holder in that position because they both knew everything they did would be slowed down to consider the race card. Obama is evil and Holder has no stellar record as those who are trying to make out like he has. Holder would never make a move of this kind without Obama approving this in the Gun Running. It is too bit of a deal. Holder knows Obama well enough and how he likes to control every situation. These people are attempting to destroy the very foundation this country was built upon. They create situations and cry “racist” to get out of accountability. These people are evil opportunists.
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:34pmEvil Smart ……and sloppy –
which makes them dangerous – as we have already witnessed by their misdeeds.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:39pmThose people had been warned not to put Holder in this position. He does not have a stellar background. Those who say he does are lying. They need to go ahead and get him out now. This should not be dragged out past the elections. They need a non partisian person in that Justice Department as all Americans are paying taxes and do not need Justice interefered with in dispensing Justice for all. This man is causing a division, as well among the people. These people are nothing short of promoting sedition and anarchy in our country. Our Congress and U.S. Supreme Court should not be mocked and our Constitution applies to all. If these people think their color is going to protect them, they better think again. Stand and sort the rest out later. Our Congress and U.S. Supreme Court are to protect this Constitution and the people of this land from the likes of Obama and Holder.
Report Post »taxpro4u03
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:40pmSounds like ‘plausible deniability,’ da me — This isn’t new — Soooooo many people, in society in general, are of the mindset selling out to the “Church of Denial.” Right AND Left — Another ‘interesting’ thing to note — yesterday I believe, Glenn did a ‘show’ showing the MASSIVE amounts of ‘money’ that the ‘left’ has to “further the progressive agenda…” There are 2 sides to every issue — i.e. — Remember on 9/10/2001 When Rumsfeld publicly stated the DoD couldn‘t ’account’ for $2.3 TRILLION? –>http://www.whereisthemoney.org/ “Priciple before Party” — ? Common Sense is an oxymoron today…
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:37pmMegyn Kelly just said a TOP DEM just sent Boehner a letter requesting to
HOLD OFF DECISION TO VOTE.
NO-WAY!
DON’T GO FOR THIS BOEHNER….DON’T YOU DO IT!
PROCEED WITH CONTEMPT VOTE….AS SCHEDULED.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:42pmI would not be surprised to see that from Boehner, he’s basically been quite a disappointment.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:32pmBoehner doesn’t live next door to any of us.
Report Post »He lives in that world of thick insulation from such as we.
Like a barrier of moneyed distance. He’s not reliable. Only when it benefits himself will he stand.
But sometimes we get lucky.
safetharbor
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:37pmBTW. When was the last time Boehner was in the news for anything. We still hear alot – too much- from Nancy don’t we/
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:46pmYa’ll need to check into the website of House Speaker John Boehner- and see what he has been doing -that gets no attention from the media.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:31pmI’m surprised any of them are breaking ranks. I‘m sure it’s because they are reactinag to anti Obama sentiment back home, but conservatives won’t vote for them because of this and Democrats are less likely to be energized over their reelection. Of course they could be doing it because it’s the right thing to do…nah, that can’t be it, they’re Dernocrats.
Report Post »Cavallo
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:00pmOne of them comes from West Virginia where a Texas inmate got over 40% of the vote against bobo. This admin‘s anti coal dogma hasn’t won them any extra allies in that state.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:30pmThank you to the Dems who are taking the side of AMERICA instead of your party…who everyone knows NOW has become the communist party. We are watching….we vote and we WILL remember!
I Stand With Issa….
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Sue Dohnim
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:28pmrut roh,,,,
in other breaking news four Democrats grow a spine…
Bring out the Trolls……. damage control
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 3:36pmI‘ll bet those four Dems are only growin’ one spine. Eeeewwww…
Report Post »commonsenseguy
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:23pmno they won’t, because they will be forced to get in line or the regime will see to it that they take a long ride. they are to scared to take that leap.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:50pmOne of these days W.VA is going to figure out they are not Democrats anymore.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 27, 2012 at 2:23pmThe intensity of Eric Holder’s supporters regarding the race issue just proves more & more that in their world of politics it’s quite teadvantageous to be Black. Deflects a lot of criticism.
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