Posted on 06/27/2012 5:18:12 PM PDT by Libloather
Black caucus to stage walkout during Holder contempt vote in House
By Jordy Yager - 06/27/12 06:57 PM ET
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) plan to stage a walkout during Thursday’s vote on whether to place Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.
The CBC is scheduled to meet at 10 a.m. on Thursday to discuss the details of the walkout and is planning to circulate a letter to House Democrats requesting that they join them on the Capitol steps for a press conference during the contempt vote.
The move comes less than 24 hours before the House plans to vote for the first time in history to hold a sitting attorney general in contempt of Congress for not complying with a congressional subpoena. Holder is the first black attorney general in U.S. history.
The walkout is reminiscent of a similar move made by Republicans in 2008 during a Democratic-led vote on whether to hold two senior staffers in President George W. Bush’s administration in contempt of Congress.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) — then the minority leader — led the walkout with Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) following closely behind him. Issa, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is the sponsor of the contempt resolution against Holder.
“The House floor is the scene of a partisan, political stunt,” said Boehner at the time. House Democrats have been expressing similar comments about the Holder contempt measure.
On Wednesday evening, in a last-minute effort to stop the vote, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) hand-delivered a letter to Boehner signed by 65 Democrats who asked the Speaker to cancel the contempt resolution.
“The House Leadership’s actions are destructive election-year politics pure and simple," said Jackson Lee in a statement.
The House Rules Committee reported the contempt resolution on Wednesday along party lines, designating 2 hours and 20 minutes of time for floor debate on Thursday.
Issa has led Congress’s investigation of Operation Fast and Furious, a program that might have contributed to the killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010.
At the center of the dispute is a letter that the Justice Department sent last year to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) stating the agency does everything in its power to stop guns from going into Mexico. Ten months later, the DOJ took the rare step of withdrawing the letter because of false information.
Issa subpoenaed Holder for documents related to the DOJ letter, but the attorney general has refused to fully comply.
Viktor Frankl
FMCDH(BITS)
Who really are the racists? These are politicians that can barely function on the street. Elected to be the fools of the socialists and communists.
Lets hope they don’t come back.
What can I say? A bunch of sociopaths.
Term limits is the only solution. We just sacked a 5 term Alcoholic Republican. He’s missed 690+ votes.
His excuse? I was in rehab.
We all know how Maxine Waters, Sheila jackson Lee, Charlie Rangel, and their Muslim part Keith Ellison, feel about white people.
They hate us with a passion.
In their view, nothing, no matter how illegal it is should be prosecuted against a black.
Their walking out is no surprise and is really humorous. I hope the rest of the House laughs at them when they go. They are only showing their racism.
I wonder if caucus has the same root as Caucasian. I wonder if they would have changed their group name if they’d known the two words have the same root.
Hmmmm.
This reminds me of the pep rally that the DEMOCRAPS held outside the Capital Building to celebrate the IMPEACHMENT of Wiiilllllllleeeeeeeee Clintoooooooooooooo!
Can some post the article below?
In NYTimes Caucus, report:
Dems are calling to NOT vote on contempt and instead .... talk about more gun control. (Yes - literally)
I’m relatively new here, posted something earlier, so Mods won’t allow a second post w/in 24 hrs for a newbie. But I think it belongs ... Thanks!
Two sets of laws, the constitution and “we been done law and we need to be special” law.
Since they were done wrong 200 years ago, expect someone to have their votes count twice.
These black commies are going over to have lunch with the New Black Panther pinkass hunters. Birds, er, snakes, er, slugs of a slime slip together.
Well ..... bye!
And that’s a bad thing?
Flee baggers
So... once again it is proven the DEMS cannot come up with an original plan.
Boehner should have a screen door installed on the Capital entrance—so it won’t hit their...on the way out.
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Have you seen Shiela Jackson Lee...not possible.
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