I said the Congress had two tools available to it in the Constitution when it comes to oversight. The ability to hold someone on Contempt of Congress is a statutory power, not a constitutional power. So I was not incorrect in my statement. I was addressing an issue larger than just the refusal of someone to testify, but was rather addressing the increasing calls for someone to go to jail over the IRS scandal, and my point is that Congress does not have that power.
On the second point, I said that the power to jail someone for contempt of Congress without the involvement of the Justice Department is quite limited as a practical matter. In theory and in law, the power may be unlimited; in practice, it has rarely been done. Congress is really not set up to keep prisoners for months and years on end, and if you think the Administration would lock these people up for Congress, you are mistaken.
Finally, I never said there is nothing Congress can do; I said there is nothing significant Congress will do, because they have preemptively surrendered the tools they have been given for situations such as these.
You really need to read more carefully before commenting. By leaving out or ignoring key parts of my comments, you either deliberately or unintentionally misrepresented the points I was making. I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it was not intentional, but brought on by your passion over this topic.
Contempt of Congress is NOT a statutory power. You really need to read the links I provided.
I have not left out or ignored key parts of your comments, I referenced specific post numbers - the entirety of your comments.