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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"The panel approved the contempt resolution on party lines, with all Republicans opposing it."
The House Judiciary Committee voted on Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over special counsel Robert Muellers unredacted report the most significant escalation yet in the ongoing oversight battle between Democrats and the Trump administration.
The White House also invoked executive privilege over the report a move intended to shield all of the underlying evidence after House Democrats negotiations with the Justice Department to avoid a contempt vote broke down.
Our exhaustive negotiations with the Department of Justice have, unfortunately, left us back where we began with unprecedented obstruction by an administration that has now announced its intention to block all attempts at congressional oversight of the executive branch. It is our constitutional duty to respond, said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the committee.
The panel approved the contempt resolution on party lines, with all Republicans opposing it. The measure now heads to the full House for final approval.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/05/08/trump-invokes-executive-privilege-to-block-release-of-unredacted-mueller-report-1311738
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"The panel approved the contempt resolution on party lines, with all Republicans opposing it." (Original Post)
Miles Archer
May 2019
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SunSeeker
(51,824 posts)1. Republicans are traitors. nt
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)2. Watch for the full House vote totals.
sinkingfeeling
(51,499 posts)3. Wait, aren't there 17 Repubs on the committee?
DeminPennswoods
(15,307 posts)4. Yes.
I heard Gaetz' name called, but never heard a vote recorded.
sinkingfeeling
(51,499 posts)5. Thanks.
BumRushDaShow
(130,122 posts)7. Was just mentioning that in my LBN thread
there is a missing Republican!
in2herbs
(2,947 posts)9. Gaetz was not there initially but returned and was counted. nt
spanone
(135,952 posts)6. republicans are willing to destroy AMERICA for a con artist...ain't that something.
bdamomma
(63,977 posts)8. We are in a
very serious crisis.
We have thugs and criminals in our government. Will we save our country????