Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Committee votes to hold Eric Holder in contempt over Fast and Furious | The Ticket - Yahoo! News

Committee votes to hold Eric Holder in contempt over Fast and Furious | The Ticket - Yahoo! News: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress despite a last-minute intervention by President Obama.

By a vote of 23 to 17 after nearly six hours of tense discussion, the bipartisan committee voted for contempt over the Justice Department's decision to withhold documents related to Operation Fast and Furious that were subpoenaed by the committee in their investigation of the failed gunwalking operation.

The votes were sharply divided along partisan lines with all Republicans voting for and all Democrats voting against contempt. The measure now moves to the full House for a vote.

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