‘Judgment Day’: House Finds Eric Holder in Contempt of Congress (Including Numerous Dems)
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal and civil contempt of Congress over the failed federal gunrunning Operation “Fast and Furious,” largely voting along party lines though several Democrats joined Republicans on each measure. A sitting attorney general never has been held in contempt by Congress.
Many Democrats walked out in protest and did not vote.
Lawmakers passed the criminal contempt resolution 255-67 with 17 Democrats supporting and later approved the civil contempt proposal 258-95 with 21 Democrats breaking ranks.
Two Republicans — Rep. Scott Rigell of Virginia and Ohio Rep. Steve LaTourette — voted against the criminal contempt resolution.
The criminal contempt charges will now go to the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., who is a subordinate of Holder. The civil contempt resolution will allow the House to go to court in an effort to force Holder to turn over documents the Oversight Committee wants.
In past cases, courts have been hesitant to settle disputes between the executive and legislative branches of government. Further, the House is unlikely to get the documents anytime soon anyway, because President Obama has invoked a broad form of executive privilege, which protects from disclosure internal documents from executive branch agencies.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee release the following statement following the House votes:
Today, a bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his continued refusal to produce relevant documents in the investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. This was not the outcome I had sought and it could have been avoided had Attorney General Holder actually produced the subpoenaed documents he said he could provide.
My message to my colleagues and others who have fought for answers: We are still fighting for the truth and accountability – for the family of murdered Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry, for whistleblowers who have faced retaliation, and for countless victims of Operation Fast and Furious in Mexico. Unless President Obama relents to this bipartisan call for transparency and an end to the cover-up, our fight will move to the courts where we will prevail in getting the documents that the Justice Department and President Obama’s flawed assertion of executive privilege have denied the American people.
Holder also released a statement after the House voted to hold him in contempt, saying Republicans have advanced “truly absurd conspiracy theories” to advance the politically motivated vote. Here’s some of what the attorney general had to say:
Today’s vote is the regrettable culmination of what became a misguided – and politically motivated – investigation during an election year. By advancing it over the past year and a half, Congressman Issa and others have focused on politics over public safety. Instead of trying to correct the problems that led to a series of flawed law enforcement operations, and instead of helping us find ways to better protect the brave law enforcement officers, like Agent Brian Terry, who keep us safe – they have led us to this unnecessary and unwarranted outcome.
Watch the attorney general deliver his entire statement here:
In a memorable call-to-arms before the vote, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) — practically screaming — asked Democrats who stood in opposition to the contempt measure, “What percentage of the truth will you settle for?”
“If you have ever sat on the other side of the table from parents who have lost a loved one: is 50 percent enough? Is that enough of the documents? 75 percent? A third?” Gowdy cotinued. “The truth, the whole truth, so help me God. That’s what we ask witnesses to do, thats what we ask jurors to do and that’s not too much for us to ask the Attorney General of the United States of America to do.”
(Related: Rep. Jason Chaffetz Tells The Blaze Why Eric Holder Should Be Held in Contempt)
In a straight forward address on the House floor, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) explained why he ultimately decided to bring the contempt charges before the full House and urged lawmakers to accept the resolution:
“The Justice Department did not provide the facts and the information we requested,” he said. ”The only recourse left for the House is to continue seeking the truth and to hold the attorney general in contempt of Congress… No Justice Department is above the Constitution.”
House Republicans repeatedly mentioned slain U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry and his family’s right to get answers from the federal government regarding Fast and Furious.
The debate over whether Holder should be held in contempt was contentious and at times, it was downright fiery. House Democrats said they agree gun-walking is wrong and Fast and Furious was disastrous but Republicans need to leave the attorney general out of it.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doubled down on comments she made last week and once again argued that Republicans could be attacking Holder because he is fighting “voter suppression” and is at odds with them concerning immigration policy. It “could be a coincidence,” she said. “Or maybe it isn’t.”
“The more baseless the charge, the higher up they want to go with the contempt,” Pelosi said, shaking her head. “I have always made it habit not to question the motivations of other people.”
U.S. Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) said today’s vote was “the day of reckoning” for Holder and the Obama administration.
“What are they hiding?” he asked. “Even the attorney general can not evade the law… Today is judgment day, and that’s just the way it is.”
Prior to the vote, Issa said the scope of contempt charges is narrow and only refers to the misleading statements provided to Congress in February of 2011, not to Holder or his administration’s level of involvement.
However, Rep. Elijah Cummings (R-Md.) said the contempt charges facing Holder represented a “failure of house leadership, a failure of our Constitutional obligations and a failure of our responsibilities to the American people.” He argued that even Issa admitted there was no evidence that Holder knew about the tactics of Fast and Furious or proof of a DOJ cover-up.
“It‘s about the attorney general’s refusal to turn over documents not whether or not it was his lieutenants or he that was personally involved in Fast and Furious,” Issa reiterated.
The historic vote was taken just hours after the Supreme Court upheld nearly all of Obamacare, including the individual mandate.
“This isn’t about getting to the truth, this is about politics,” Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) said. “This is about doing whatever it takes to attack the Obama administration.”
(Related: Supreme Court: ‘Obamacare’ Constitutional)
The Congressional Black Caucus also made good on their threat to stage a walkout in protest during the contempt vote, causing quite a ruckus, however, the majority Democrats also participated.
In Fast and Furious, agents of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in Arizona abandoned the agency’s usual practice of intercepting all weapons they believed to be illicitly purchased. Instead, the goal of the tactic known as “gun-walking” was to track such weapons to high-level arms traffickers who long had eluded prosecution and to dismantle their networks, however, the weapons were lost.
Congressional investigators want to see internal Justice Department communications that occurred after February 4, 2011, when the Obama administration falsely told Congress that guns were not allowed to “walk” to Mexico.
Fast and Furious had been shut down by the time of the false information, investigators want documents showing deliberations during the 10 months it took for the administration to acknowledge the error.
Watch the House conduct the historic and unprecedented vote to hold the sitting attorney general of the United States in criminal contempt of Congress while Democrats storm out of the chambers:
According to Fox News, these are the members of Congress who did not side with their respective parties:
Democrats who voted for contempt:
Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa.
Rep. John Barrow, D-Ga.
Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla.
Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa
Rep. Ben Chandler, D-Ky.
Rep. Mark Critz, D-Pa.
Rep. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind.
Rep. Kathy Hochul, D-N.Y.
Rep. Ron Kind, D-Wis.
Rep. Larry Kissell, D-N.C.
Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah
Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C.
Rep. Bill Owens, D-N.Y.
Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn.
Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va.
Rep. Mike Ross, D-Ark.
Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn.
A total of 108 Democrats did not vote. Only one Republican did not vote. One lawmaker, Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-Ill., also voted present.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
This story is breaking and updates will be added.
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Comments (208)
Firefighter 538
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:05pmWe are ruled by tyrants. Prepare accordingly.
Report Post »CougarNick78
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:11pmLock N Load….
Report Post »timarina
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:17pmScream in impotent rage.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:29pmDoes anyone know who the one person that voted “present” was?
I know who the two Republicans are that voted “no”.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:51pmAnother walkout. How childish. And these people are supposed to be running our country.
Report Post »muffythetuffy
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:55pmWe Are Enemies, We Must Be Enemies
The Democrats walked out because they have the same contempt for the House as Holder. The Democrats have the same contempt for the American people as does Erick Holder and Obama. Only musketry can resolve our differences now. We are at war and America was declared a war zone. War is now legal in the USA.
MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:58pmQUICK, LOCK THE DOORS, while POO’losi and her Band of FOOLS
Report Post »are going down the street for a drink..These people are a real F’N JOKE..
Demorats are good at walking out, when things don’t go their way..
Took a page from the WI Dembos that ran and hid..for weeks.
Like to see Poo’losi and crew go hide forever…………..
Chuck Stein
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:06pm“Many Democrats walked out in protest and did not vote.” — no doubt, “doing their job” as well as their president.
Report Post »Simon de Montfort
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:30pmHold on there, MUFFYTHETUFFY, before you grab your musket let’s see how the war plays out in the ballot box. Consider long that which can be considered but once!
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:35pmThere is something more RIDICULOUS than this story today..
That’s Rep. Rangel…Charlie gets nod for his 22 TERM……
gotta’ ask, .. JUST HOW F”N STUPID are NEW YORKERS
Not even going ask about Pelosi…I know about Californians..
Report Post »No HOPE for those people. HOPE it falls off into the Pacific..
Independent4233
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:03pm“Today’s vote is the regrettable culmination of what became a misguided – and politically motivated – investigation during an election year.”
Well, if the subpoena is just politics why not comply and be done with the matter?
What’s the harm if Holder and his goons are on the up and up?
They don’t want to hand over anything related to the scam, because they have much to hide, and it probably amounts to something pretty serious.
This administration is the most corrupt one….probably ever.
If Obama gets backed into a corner, watch out for his civilian defense corps that will be “as well-funded and powerful as the military,” as he described it.
Report Post »RLNoland
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:52pmMIBUGNU2.Well said
Report Post »Red Meat
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 8:10pmJust as soon as Dancing With The Stars is over.
Report Post »mattmo79
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 8:10pm@MIBUGNU2 New Yorkers are sooo stupid, that if a pile of poo was running as a Dem, they would blindly vote for it!!
Report Post »Wojciech W.
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:07pmThe criminal contempt charges will now go to the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., who is a subordinate of Holder.
Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 6:32amI say to my people that they are holy, that they are august, despite their chains,
That they are greater than those that hold them, and stronger and purer,
That they have but need of courage, and to call on the name of their God,
God the unforgetting, the dear God that loves the peoples
For whom He died naked, suffering shame.
And I say to my people’s masters (Ye that have bullied and bribed: Tyrants, Hypocrites, Liars!): Beware, Beware of the thing that is coming, beware of the risen people … excerpt from ‘The Rebel’ by Patrick H Pearse
Report Post »RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:03pmWhen I‘m at work and something comes up that I just don’t want to deal with, I think I’ll just walk out and go home! I won’t be surprised though, when I come in the next day, if I no longer have a job!! Why do we let these people get away with this cry baby BS? Abandonment = Resignation time to hold Congress accountable to We the People, they are not a separate class of people! They work for us! These folks who walked out DID NOT perform their job which is to represent their constituents who I’m just guessing, would have preferred a yes or no vote to nothing! On a totally separate note, where is the Congressional White Caucus??
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:17pmThe GOP Leadership held the floor of the Congress hostage today for their political theater. Issa, his witch hunt and those that support it are the ones not doing their jobs, instead they are defaming individuals for cheap political gains.
dmerwin
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:21pmencinom
Report Post »Thank you for your talking points. Enjoy your tea and have a nice day.
I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:22pmHolder is gone gone gone…….O YEAH!!!! Michelle i’ll take some more butter on my popcorn. I am LOVING this theater…i think i’ll drink a BIG GULP too…..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:31pm@i Hate America, Holder is going nowhere. The contempt votes are political theater and nothing more. The Justice Department is not going to prosecute Holder. Basically, the GOP put on a show to make the idiot tea baggers happy.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:42pmIf you can only reply with name calling THEN i have ALREADY won the fight….
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:50pm@I.Hate.America, you won what? The award for the most confused tea-******? This vote was meaningless, Holder is going no where and the contempt chagers are just going to sit on a desk in some office collecting dust.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:54pmna na na na…..na na na na…..hey hey hey>>>>>>GOODBYE
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:55pmThe only thing the liberals have left is we‘re doing it because we’re racist….Holder is black and we just don’t like black people in office. They are so pitiful. We’re doing it because they told gun shop owners to sell guns they knew were being sold illegally, told to turn a blind eye and let them walk out with them. I think their intent was to blame the shop owners in order to get tougher laws. Who leaves a gun they bought in a gun shop in America at a shooting scene unless they want them discovered? I think the stink goes all the way to the top, which may be above Oblahblah’s paygrade.
Report Post »caveman74
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:59pmyou are a maroon encinoman. US firearms (over 2000) made it into the hands of mexican drug cartels where they were used to take the lives of american and mexican citizens. These cartels have waged war on the Mexican government. The sovereignty of a nation was attacked with help from a program carried out by our justice department and you call this an overreaction? If we could prove weapons were being trafficked into America to be used against us by other governments We would go to war. I am surprised the UN Isn’t demanding we hand Holder over to be tried in the world court for war crimes.
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:51pm@Encidiot, more dems voted for Heir Holder’s contempt than Republicans voted for the ACA. Couldn’t be anything to that with the exception that there are a few Dems that still understand a cover up when they see one and know who will be on the right side of history.
Report Post »Fubared
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:58pmMoni
Report Post »Peeps died and your peeps lied for a year plus, you obfuscate still. Shut up for a change.
gadgetninja
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 9:11pmexcuse ME encinom u a**hole people died because of FF THOSE FAMILIES DESERVE THE TRUTH IF HOLDER WASNT A RACIST BASTARD AND DID HIS JOB THERE WOULD NOT B AN ISSUE
Report Post »corsair18
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 12:42am@encinom You say Holder is going nowhere? If you mean until after the 6th of November you may be right. There isn’t time to prosecute him before then. If you don’t know, the house has 2 separate prosecutions of this case. The one refered to the justice dept. prosecuter will be buried. The one that is going to CIVIL court cannot be buried. If (GOD forbid) Obummer is reelected, this could end in impeachment. It probably will not matter….Obummer will lose. FAST & FURIOUS, Watergate with a body count.
Report Post »JohnQTaxpayer
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmYou are fired, you racist lying bastard
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:18pmWho Issa, cause Holder is going nowhere. The charges are meaningless politcal theater.
Report Post »timarina
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:19pmWrong again. He serves at the pleasure of the President and there’s nothing you can do about it.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:28pmHolder goes OUT THE door with Obama! hahahahahaha
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:40pmThere will be no pardon for Holder. All of this will take longer than a few months. Where is Holder going?????…..TO PRISON. Personally….i think he should be sent to Arizona to serve his time. He will look really great in pink….don’t ya think so Sheriff Joe????? Wink Wink….
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:48pm@I.Hate.America, Holder is going nowhere, the US Prosecutors work for him, they are not going to enpanel a Grand Jury to handle this political vote today. The contempt vote is nothing more than a political show for tea baggers who have no idea how anything works.
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:02pmThe Tea Party knows EXACTLY how everything works…..we kicked communist b*tt in the 2010 elections. We also kicked communist b*tt in The Walker Recall in Wis. And the BIGGEST communist b*tt kicking will be ONLY a few months away!!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!!
Report Post »VinnieSquawker
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:11pmI.Heart – you’ve got it exactly right. November heralds in judgement day. Then Encinom will have to stare at his belly-button for the next four years wondering where he went wrong – kind of like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Pledge.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 8:47pm@ENCINOM
You know what’s irrelevant? You. This is not political theater. Holder’s justice department lied to congress, and then sent a letter saying they lied. Then the evidence shows even that letter was a lie. This is as much about lying to Congress as it is about F&F.
Report Post »MAMMY_NUNN
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 10:52pmI hope the Mexican Government also brings charges.
Report Post »OneTermPresident
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmWatching the proceedings live as it’s still going. They’re now debating a second resolution that would give a special committee the right to move forward with the contempt that just passed. It would keep the DOJ out of it so it couldn’t stonewall the proceedings.
The Democrats debating are telling BS lies… which is par for the course of the party and Obama.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmGreat, so now Holder’s own people are in charge of investigating him. Sorry, this feels like small potatoes today.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:07pmTake heart, Oh great bowman. These both become major campaign issues that will not go away. “Got you in a stranglehold baby”.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:17pmThanks Dmerwin, I know you are probably right. I’m struggling not to lose the last shred of faith I have in this system of government today.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:31pmgonzo I have lost the faith in this being fixable as well. sad day for the republic. I will not be celebrating the 4th this year. we have lost our freedom it is very sad.
Report Post »MonkeyBeagle
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmHere is the moment of the vote… a moment in history I will cherrish forever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW3iZDVgr4A
Report Post »nativetexanne
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmI see tea leaves in Boston harbor.
Report Post »melbach
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:01pmSeriously???…”House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) doubled down on comments she made last week and once again argued that Republicans could be attacking Holder because he is fighting “voter suppression” and is at odds with them concerning immigration policy. It “could be a coincidence,” she said. “Or maybe it isn’t.”“The more baseless the charge, the higher up they want to go with the contempt,” Pelosi said, shaking her head. “I have always made it habit not to question the motivations of other people.”
I guess Botox has enabled her to say this with a straight face.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:34pm..anyone who injects botulinium into their own face has screws loose…Nancy Pelosi proves it everytime she flaps her jaw….you can clearly see the ‘Circus’ in her eyes…She is the definition of crazy old bat.
Report Post »WIjoyzie
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 7:53pmHmmmm… perhaps Pelosi is referring to so-called “voter suppression” that may have taken place in the Wisconsin recall… if the Dem judge in Dane County (home of the People’s Republic of Madison-stan) wasn’t still holding the WI voter ID law hostage. Instead, vote fraud by Dems is a posibility in at least one of the WI Senate recalls, in Racine County. There is a recount in pocesses: more than 1,000 people voted did not sign the voter log (the only part of the ID law allowed to stand); and it’s been uncovered that at least 25% of the sealed bags were sealed, then unsealed and resealed before they were put in the hands of the Racine County clerk… all from the same heavily Dem wards in the city of Racine. NO voter fraud here?
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:01pmThe only ones in contempt of the law and their duties is Issa and the GOP. From the report yesterday in Fortune to Issa’s own comments on Fox News Sunday, it is clear that this was nothing more than a political witch hunt and they dragged a man’s good name through the mud for cheap political gains. Of the GOP hide the vote today, knowing that the news media and nation would be focused on Obama’s victory in the Supreme Court.
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:11pmHolder is now a known lair and looks like you are also. Poor liberals don’t know how to be truthful-
Report Post »marcus_arealius
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:12pmI was just cleaning my guns when I came across your retarded comments, again. How pathetic.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:20pmThe only liars are Issa and the GOP. Its fun to watch the mindless reactionary fools on the blaze still clinging to their guns and god to justify their absolute ignorance and bigotry.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:34pm@ Encinomoron – so rather than name calling, what is your argument to support that Holder is not a liar and that Congress is not supposed to act as a check and balance on the Executive branch? How exactly does you inane comment have a debateable point?
I see you have yet to avail yourself of the debating team of your highschool or have yet to pass Geometry or Algebra II to learn about proofs that teach you how to reach a logical, reasoned conclusion
Report Post »Dde13
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:40pmHolder LIED….why????????????????? Who is he protecting?????????????? What witch hunt?????? All Issa wants is the TRUTH and like OBAMA, Holder can’t tell the truth….If you like socialism please move!!!!! ..we live in republic where our leaders are to be held accountable….By the people for the people……you and your socialist friends where reminded of that in 2010 and will again this November…..
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:55pmIssa has no concern about the Truth, if wanted the Truth he would have called Phoenix AFT agents. Issa wanted a political witch hunt. The truth came out yesterday in Fortune that shows the GOP story is pure fiction, the truth came out on Fox News Sunday when Issa said that their is no evidence of a cover-up.
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:01pm@MARCUS You were cleaning yours too! Did you know that if Ensaneoman ever has his house broken into that he would try to reason with the thief, killer, etc.. I wish I could be a fly on the wall for that. God made this country. God will keep it great ENCINOM. Repent before it is to late. You have no faith and it shows in your ways.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:12pm@ Encinomoron – Issa did talk to the ATF agents – who do you think the whislteblowers were. Goo grief, are you really this uninformed?
Silly me, of course you are.
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:17pm@ CMON
I see you have been reading the WH MEMO.. with words like
Report Post »political theatre, hostage, and witch hunt…I see you are up to
date.. is your name Valerie ??? HMMMMMM !!
Dde13
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:18pmHOLDER has become the first Attorney General to be held in contempt in US history. No matter what you think or believe. Nobody has been held accountable for the death Brian Terr and thousands of Mexicans …somebody made the call for F&F…..who? Until that is answered….Holder needs to be held accountable to find or reveal who….that’s His JOB….I‘m thankful we have MEN like Issa that won’t be bullied by Chicago politics…..
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:19pm“The GOP story is fiction” ….???????
….so THAT’s WHY Obama used the executive privilege…BECAUSE the whole thing was just MADE UP. Why…THAT just makes PERFECT SENSE!! Thanks for clearing that up…..NOTTTTTTT
Report Post »SaintzOfAk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:21pmYou think anyone gives a $h!t concerning the ignorance that spews from your Diarrhea mouth Ecidoosh?. Honestly you need psychiatric help you low life bottom feeder. You speak just to hear yourself speak you egotistical progressive moron. You go out of your way to trump common sense and dignity with your lunatic fkn rantings, as if any of us are gonna change our mindset or beliefs based on your more than obvious preschool comprehension level. Honestly!, your self perceived superior intellect is nothing more than the rantings of a WYYYYLDLY! overactive psychotic mind….crawl back into your fkn hole you TROLL!
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:36pm@ I heart – good play….. I hadn’t thought of that – good catch
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:53pm@Kay…..wink
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 1:24pmEncinoman
Report Post »Or shall I call you Pauley?
Could you be so kind as to enlighten us poor ignorant conservatives as to the goal of F&F? There in lies the crux of the issue. During the time period the administration through Hillary Clinton was claiming that most gun violence in Mexico was a result of American originated guns. The truth was proven to be different but not to let that get in the way of the agenda, I would in a 1+1+2 fashion come to the conclusion that the admin wanted to back that claim. Even now Hillary is attempting to sign us on to a UN “small arms” treaty that would limit firearms rights around the world. Just let us know how in your alternate universe these facts are explained away. If the admin has nothing to hide, why not release everything and co-operate rather than stonewall? Executive privelege? A skeptical person might surmise that the POTUS himself knew of something he does not want anyone else to know. Tell me exactly, with facts, where I am wrong.
crypticmitch86
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:01pmWell at least there is SOME good news to come out of this day.
Report Post »Caniac Steve
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:00pmthis is not about “party” or race..this is about the confidence & credabilty of the DOJ .nothing more/else
Report Post »randy
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:58pmEvery Democrat and every RINO Republican needs to lose their seats.
Report Post »And Obama and Holder need to be behind bars!
irishamrep
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:58pmHow many Dems voted yes?
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:02pmThe headline said 17.
Report Post »RAGEAGAINSTTHEMACHINE
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:04pm17 dems
Report Post »Tallaron
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:22pmhaha what a question to ask :)
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:32pmWho was the one that voted “present”?
Report Post »magadog
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:57pmWatched the Dems march out…looked like a fluoroscopic image of poop moving through a colon…Wass-Schultz was the last t*rd in the procession.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:00pmIf she was the last one, then her head was tapered.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:57pmTo the 17 Dems who stayed and voted to hold him in Contempt .. THANK YOU! Bi-partisan vote!!! Isn’t that what the dems always say we need? btw if you haven’t seen this please watch …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TqYeIHiIHMk#!
Obama knew about Gun Walking in March, 2009
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:07pmThe 17 Dems weer cowards and black mailed by the NRA.
Report Post »DEFCON4
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:26pmThe real Cowards turned their backs, and walked out of the House.- The NRA blackmail is unfounded! Try Again -
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:30pm@ENCINOM…..Cavemen have more logic and reason than you…if you believe half of what you post, then there is an early grave waiting for you…sad.
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:35pmThe NRA blackmailed the Democrats? I knew that the Democrats were spineless little weasels that won’t even stand up for what they believe in. Thanks for pointing that out idiot.
Report Post »irishamrep
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:56pmI have never spent a more frustrated day in my entire adult life! God help us and God help the Country.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:03pmI got JURY DUTY NOTICE TODAY … NOT A GOOD DAY >>> only thing good … I made donations to three organizations today to take Obama out of the White House … and Holder get contempt charge.
Report Post »dublinthewagons
Posted on June 29, 2012 at 7:56am@ catb: sorry about the jury notice.tell the judge you are a democrat and simply walk out in protest.
Report Post »Balthazor
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:56pmI predict this will go about as far as the Clinton impeachment did.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:03pmUntil November. That is the real issue in that this becomes front and center a real campaign issue.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:09pmYep, a big nothing burger.
Report Post »timarina
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:21pmIt won’t even go that far. It’s a made up scandal
http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/?iid=SF_F_River
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:50pmTell Brian Terry‘s family it’s a made up scandal. They burried their son you idiot.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:58pmThe GOP is using a dead agent to score political points with a made up story. Issa is spiting on the agents grave and the parents are allowing him to do it.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:06pmHey Gonzo,
You still here?
Report Post »scuba13
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:07pmGood for the parents. How’s the inchworm doing Encinom?
Report Post »NM Leon
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:17pm@ Timarina Tell that to the 300+ people who have died with those weapons. By the way, the fortune article is factually incorrect.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/06/27/fortune_magazine_tries_to_tell_the_truth_about_fast_and_furious_fails_miserably
Report Post »Pittakos
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:56pmWell, at least one thing went right today…
Report Post »CougarNick78
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:56pmWell, at least something went right today. Symbolic, but nonetheless, will be another live round fired into this regime’s side….
Report Post »BOMUSTGO
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:55pmSpell check! There is only one “e” in the word judgment.
Report Post »salvawhoray
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:55pmQuote “No Justice Department is above the Constitution.”
Then how did obamacare passed?
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 6:03pmJustice Robert’s vote theory…
After Justice Roberts (just) voted against the Arizona immigration law I came up with a theory;
He has a Skeleton in his closet that is VERY big and the Democrats found out about it. They presented
it to him before the immigration vote as a test to see if he would comply. If he didn’t comply by
voting with them on the Az immigration bill they would have made it public before the vote today.
And you see how he voted today…..
Report Post »Mess23
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:55pmObummers chief political hack should be in jail…
Report Post »I.Heart.America
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:55pmGood!!!!!!!!!
http://action.freedomworks.org/6851/tell-congress-to-investigate-eric-holder/?source=AWEHT2&gclid=CPr8i_zmzbACFcVk7AodlRQ0Wg
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:53pmBabies walking out .. more runaway Dems just like in Wisconsin … BABIES!
OMG 2012 !! DONATE TODAY TO DEFEAT OBAMA!
Report Post »CougarNick78
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:57pmWe had runaway Texas Democraps back about 10 years ago. They left, and held up voting on redistricting (which would screw up the Dems plantations/vote farms) Hid out and were called “brave” by the media. Chickensh–s
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:50pmRemember…only a coward runs away.
Report Post »grams09
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 4:51pmWow over 100 Dems didn’t even cast their vote on this matter.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:08pmThey must have voted “Not present”.
Report Post »CougarNick78
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:10pmWell, would you doubt their predictable vote AGAINST holding Holder in contempt? I bet Holder’s disbarrment hearing will be lively as anything….. Oh wait, he gets a pass cuz he’s bl….
Report Post »TX_45_ACP
Posted on June 28, 2012 at 5:19pmObama will take good care of those 17 dems!
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