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House will vote ‘soon’ to hold Barr, Ross in criminal contempt over citizenship question
RollCall ^ | July 8, 2019

Posted on 07/08/2019 5:52:33 PM PDT by SMGFan

Pelosi announces plans for full House vote in dear colleague letter, also outlining legislative steps to protect migrants

The House will “soon” vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross in contempt of Congress for defying subpoenas for documents explaining the administration’s rationale for wanting to add a citizenship question to the census, Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Monday.

The Oversight and Reform Committee last month approved a contempt resolution against Barr and Ross that included language to refer the matter to the U.S. attorney in Washington for possible criminal charges, as well as authorize the pursuit of a lawsuit.

The Justice and Commerce departments have provided the Oversight Committee with some documents on the citizenship question while withholding others over claims of executive privilege.

The House, in a floor vote the day before the Oversight contempt markup, already gave all committees the authority to file lawsuits to enforce their subpoenas.

That means a floor vote is not needed for Democrats to try to get a court order forcing Barr and Ross to hand over the outstanding documents they requested.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


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1 posted on 07/08/2019 5:52:33 PM PDT by SMGFan
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2 posted on 07/08/2019 5:54:08 PM PDT by knarf
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contempt and impeachment and impeachment and contempt ,LOL


3 posted on 07/08/2019 5:58:26 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: knarf

The fight is going to be GLORIOUS!


4 posted on 07/08/2019 5:59:41 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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They could give a damn about Ross....They want to get rid of Barr...


5 posted on 07/08/2019 5:59:42 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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The House leadership keeps digging their hole deeper and deeper. How dumb ( and irrelevant, and frankly how despised ) can they get?


6 posted on 07/08/2019 5:59:50 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: SMGFan; laplata; Despot of the Delta

Wait till Congress gets dissolved and charged with treason. Looking forward to rounding these scum up.


7 posted on 07/08/2019 6:00:16 PM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of the day be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWAgIVNzHKs&t=140s


8 posted on 07/08/2019 6:00:54 PM PDT by Abby4116
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If they're not counted....it's their fault.....not the fault of a question as simple as....citizen...alien...check one.

Now what's so hard about that.

9 posted on 07/08/2019 6:01:40 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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I don’t know what the f**k is wrong with half this country that they vote for these Commucrats. These people don’t give a rat’s rear end about the country!


10 posted on 07/08/2019 6:01:52 PM PDT by dowcaet
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11 posted on 07/08/2019 6:02:12 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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Have House Democrats ever introduced a reasonable bill or tried to work with Trump on infrastructure or the homeless problem plaguing big cities?


12 posted on 07/08/2019 6:02:34 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Isn't it funny that the very people who scream "My body, my choice" wants a say in your healthcare?)
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The more contempt resolutions Congresses passes the more ridiculous they’ll look. These resolutions are just Congress whining. They have no enforcement authority. They would be smarter just going for court orders.


13 posted on 07/08/2019 6:07:10 PM PDT by be-baw
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More mental masturbation from Pelosi’s do nothing Congress.

5.56mm


14 posted on 07/08/2019 6:08:04 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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“Wealth” is nothing more than money you saved and/or invested instead of spending.

People who spend every dime they get on Escalades, bling and hoes will never have wealth no matter how much of other people’s money you steal and give to them.

But Democrats know that.


15 posted on 07/08/2019 6:13:16 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
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“The House will “soon” vote to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary William Ross in contempt of Congress...”

Is that akin to double secret probation? Where is Dean Wormer when we really need him!


16 posted on 07/08/2019 6:15:05 PM PDT by vette6387
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Its a census, what more rational is needed? ... these people are stupid


17 posted on 07/08/2019 6:21:05 PM PDT by seastay
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What on earth happened to the Democrat party as they have gone way over full blown nuts?


18 posted on 07/08/2019 6:22:11 PM PDT by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
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Trump always gets even...he is the master of leverage.

I predict that ICE enforcement will center upon purple states.

This will remove large numbers of illegal voters in the very places that will impede dem vote fraud.

The dems will squeal about it because they can’t help themselves.

I can hear it now “How dare this cretin remove our immigrant voters in Colorado, New Mexico, Michigan,,etc”

The fact that these ‘immigrants’ already have deportation orders will not be mentioned by msm.


19 posted on 07/08/2019 6:23:58 PM PDT by Bobalu (The Nobel Peace Prize doesn't deserve Trump.)
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20 posted on 07/08/2019 6:24:26 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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