Complete List of Democrats Voting to Hold Holder in Contempt of Congress

Pundit Press ^ | 6/28/12 | Aurelius

[therightliveswithus]

The House of Representatives just voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in criminal contempt of Congress for stonewalling the House Oversight Committee's efforts to get to the bottom of what occurred in the horrifically planned and ultimately deadly "fast and furious" program.

While the House Democratic leadership and their allies have attempted to paint this as nothing more then pure petty politics, the roll call from today's vote reveals something interesting... 17 Democrats voted to hold Holder in contempt - destroying the media's partisan narrative, and possibly giving more Democrats wiggle room to also oppose the embattled Attorney General.

Here are the 17 Democrats who voted to hold Holder in contempt:

Jason Altmire

John Barrow

Dan Boren

Leonard Boswell

Ben Chandler

Mark Critz

Joe Donnelly

Kathy Hochul

Ron Kind

Larry Kissell

Jim Matheson

Mike McIntyre

Bob Owens

Collin Peterson

Nick Rahall

Mike Ross

Tim Walz

[Atlantan]

John Barrow (GA) is in a new district and probably won’t get re-elected.

If you start a wave from LA through SC, John Barrow was the only white Dem re-elected in 2010. All the Dem blue dogs in the South were defeated except Barrow. But I don’t think he’ll survive the 2012 election.

[Reagan69]

All house seats are up for reelection every 2 years.

[Reagan69]

All house seats are up for reelection every 2 years.

[guido911]

Dan Boren is not running for reelection. He’s a democrat, but this vote is not surprising. In most states he would be a repub...

[bestrongbpositive]

I hope you are right John Barrow is a Nancy Pelosi @$$ kisser and is/was always there for her when she needed him. He only votes conservative when the Dems have enough votes that his won’t matter.I live in his district and will do everything in my power to defeat him
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[bestrongbpositive]

Doesn’t matter how this group voted. All 17 need to get their @$$ beat in November.

[tenger]

Here is Scott Rigell's statement from his website:

"In the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, there is built-in tension among the three branches of our federal government. This tension was reflected in two votes that came to the House floor this afternoon.

"I believe in progressive discipline. Accordingly, and after a careful review of the facts, I voted against a bill to hold the Attorney General in criminal contempt of Congress. Later, I voted for a bill that authorizes the Oversight Committee to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings and force the Attorney General to comply with what are very reasonable oversight requests from this Congress.

"In my view, the Attorney General has not served the President or the American people well. I believe he should resign. I am intent on pursuing the facts and gaining a full understanding of the Administration’s handling of the events leading to the Fast and Furious program, and as importantly, the conduct of the Administration in the months that followed."

[Salman]

17 Democrats who do not repudiate the rule of law.

[Morpheus2009]

Holder should simply shut up and release the documents, if he’s innocent, that’s fine, if not, well, then he’s not, but that seems to be the style of Obama and Holder, hold on to the documents for a long time, and then release them, blaming everyone else for the holdup when they could have done so years ago. Second, this is also a matter of releasing evidence for a case of a murdered border patrol guard. Why isn’t Obama showing some compassion for someone under his jurisdiction when he gladly praised himself for NAVY SEALS killing bin Laden?

[DeaconBenjamin]

I’ve never before seen such a clear indication of integrity by Mike Ross.

[truth_seeker]

All of them. Every two years. House.