Traver ‘up or down’ vote must include Fast and Furious answers (gunwalker)

Gun Rights Examiner ^ | 7 February, 2012 | David Codrea

[marktwain]

Attorney General Eric Holder “called to confirm a permanent ATF Director,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney* asserted during her recognized time in the February 2 House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Fast and Furious hearing.

Dismissing the proceedings as “a politically-motivated fishing trip,” Maloney used the brunt of her time to demand more “gun control,” and to conflate Fast and Furious with previous investigations. She even referenced a video where American Al Qaeda Adam Gadahn told followers to buy “a fully automatic assault rifle without a background check” at gun shows. That this is untrue and demonstrates profound ignorance of existing gun laws did not stop Maloney from exploiting it as a scare tactic to stump for even more.

At 1:26:38 into the hearing recording, Committee Chairman Darrell Issa asked for Maloney to yield, and volunteered:

I join with you in believing that Andrew Traver…should, in fact, be given an up or down vote, should, in fact, be given an opportunity to be confirmed...

Traver was the leading contender for the top slot at ATF whose history of anti-gun activism brought enough political pressure to bear to block his consideration. That Issa ceded this point has taken some aback. The Chairman may believe as a matter of principle that all nominees deserve to be voted on, or it could be a shrewd political move, as savvy observers believe Republicans will benefit from a renewed public gun control debate before the elections. Besides, the actual confirmation process takes place in the Senate, where neither Issa nor Maloney have a say.

Still, if Traver is afforded a renewed opportunity, a Freedom of information Act request filed by Gun Rights Examiner almost a full year ago (with follow-up protests over its incompleteness still unanswered and ignored—in an apparent in-your-face violation of U.S. Code)

[marktwain]

We have to keep pushing on the gunwalking crimes of the Obama administration. The old media and the RINOs are in full coverup mode.

[MestaMachine]

Of interest ping.

[TigersEye]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney is always full of baloney. They need a fact checker computer in the House and Senate that sounds a loud beep and displays a correction of “mis-stated” facts on a big screen spoken on the floor.

[Tubac414]

Keep it in front of peoples face - we need the facts and the people guilty of this crazy idea