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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Thu Jun 28, 2012, 07:16 AM Jun 2012

'A history of congressional contempt' (several prior cases)

A few memorable moments in the annals of congressional contempt, with details drawn from CRS report, “Congress’s Contempt Power and the Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure” (RL34097).
http://bureauphile.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/a-history-of-contempt/

Several cases are detailed and none reached the House floor.
Bastids!

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'A history of congressional contempt' (several prior cases) (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jun 2012 OP

The Bush administration/Harriet Miers contempt was voted for on the floor and then went to the court PoliticAverse Jun 2012 #1

PoliticAverse

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1. The Bush administration/Harriet Miers contempt was voted for on the floor and then went to the court

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Thu Jun 28, 2012, 07:41 AM

Jun 2012

See:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/25/washington/25cnd-contempt.html?_r=2
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402415.html
http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/facpub/21/

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