House Judiciary to file paperwork on Miers/Bolten contempt resolutions within next few hours

November 05, 2007
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The House Judiciary Committee will file paperwork for a criminal contempt resolution vote against Harriet Miers, former White House counsel, and Josh Bolten, the White House chief of staff, within the next few hours, according to a Democratic insider.

It does not mean there will necessarily be contempt votes on Miers and Bolten, but the contempt resolutions have to be filed with Lorraine Miller, the House Clerk, before any floor vote takes place.

The Judiciary Committee passed contempt resolutions against Miers and Bolten back on July 25 after they failed to respond to subpoenas issued by the committee as part of its investigation into the firing of nine U.S. attorneys last year. President Bush, citing executive privilege, refused to allow Miers or Bolten to testify before the panel, or make certain internal White House documents available to congressional investigators. The committee has not, until today, filed the actual contempt resolutions with Miler that it adopted over the summer.

Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) is also expected to send another letter to the White House Counsel Fred Fielding (their ninth), urging him to negotiate over the subpoenas, said Democratic sources.

more at:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/1107/House_Judiciary_files_paperwork_on_contempt_resolutions.html

:shrug:

They might lose, and heaven knows nothing will happen if they win, but at least it goes down on the record.

They've asked them nicely for information EIGHT times, right? They are still being polite. The time is long past for niceness. Why can't they spend time like Miller did?

and I think they should hold a vote, nothing will happen. You're aware of that, I'm sure.

Then comes the T-day holiday. X-mas holiday. Primaries. Etc. Etc.

They'll keep ignoring it and the Democrats will be distracted or apathetic.

I love John Conyers, but we all know where this is going...NOWHERE. Just like everything else the Democrats THREATEN the repukes with. I'm not falling for their shit anymore. Mukasey was the last freakin' straw.