Posted on 06/20/2012 1:44:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Boehner, Cantor Announce House Fast & Furious Contempt Vote Next Week Posted by Speaker Boehner Press Office June 20, 2012 Press Release
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following statement after the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee approved a resolution holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for his refusal to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Fast & Furious operation:
“Despite being given multiple opportunities to provide the documents necessary for Congress’ investigation into Fast and Furious, Attorney General Holder continues to stonewall. Today, the Administration took the extraordinary step of exerting executive privilege over documents that the Attorney General had already agreed to provide to Congress. Fast and Furious was a reckless operation that led to the death of an American border agent, and the American people deserve to know the facts to ensure that nothing like this ever happens again. While we had hoped it would not come to this, unless the Attorney General reevaluates his choice and supplies the promised documents, the House will vote to hold him in contempt next week. If, however, Attorney General Holder produces these documents prior to the scheduled vote, we will give the Oversight Committee an opportunity to review in hopes of resolving this issue.”
“He is pushing this issue right into the election where it can be used against him.”
He doesn’t give a rat’s @$$. He knows he can play the R card and mobilize the ghettos and the unions. It’s WAY past time for the Pubbies to get the knots out of their panties and man up.
Yes. My apologies. I had assumed that they were delaying the first vote. I scrolled down to find the committee vote went ahead as scheduled. My fault for going outside an puttering while Faux News was waiting for Elijah Cummings to shut up.
I jumped the gun. Thanks
Like I been saying “They’ll vote and go on vacation”.
This is going no where ....evuh...
Never. The SRM created this hero for the left, and will do all they can to see he gets a second term. I don't care who ends up running against this communist, but I' like to see him defeated in a landslide. I just wish Gov Palin would get the nod at the convention.
And you, good lady, should go down in FR history for being so prescient. What with these two stories out there, both from within a month in 2009, I'd say the administration has a ton of 'splain to do...
The Purpose of Fast and Furious
BOMBSHELL: Proof Obama and Holder knew about gun walking in 2009
The second link has the video that explains the first. Oh, my!....
Yeah, well people have been known to die of starvation waiting for Cummings to STFU, so you are quite forgiven...lol
Peace.
I was a young man in 1973 but wasn’t it Hillary Clinton working for a congressional law committee which presented a damning argument against Nixon and his use of EP which turned out to be a serious blow to his desire to remain in office?
Wouldn’t that be weird if Obama is forced out this summer for something Hillary! crafted 40 years ago? You can’t make this stuff up. LOL
Why don't you start a thread with both of them. They should get more attention TODAY then just being posted in among threads. I'm sure they were once posted here on FR. Freepers don't miss much. Unfortunately we're in multiple time zones and don't always catch everything.
I just don't have the time. It's all I can do to keep up with all the immigration/F&F threads, as well a get prepared for the meeting tomorrow. I still have a lot of work to do tonight before I'm finished. And I can't let my daily ping lapse until the morning.
Bill and Hill really hate Obama, and can you blame them?
Brilliant!
Until there is a new administration and a new sheriff in town...after which Holder will be brought to justice. The question is, will others be implicated as well.
The scope of the emails that Issa is determined to get are only about 1,300 documents and all are communications within the DOJ. They are not communications with the WH. That’s why EP is a huge risk for the WH.
It is suspected these documents that Issa are seeking are communications detailing how they were preparing to respond to the Congressional inquiries. In other words, revealing a conspiracy to commit a cover up.
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