Pelosi To Boycott Holder Contempt Vote

[flpoljunkie]

Source: Talkingpointsmemo

3:56 PM EDT, THURSDAY JUNE 28, 2012
Pelosi To Boycott Holder Contempt Vote

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will boycott the vote to find Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress.

“I urge my colleagues to do what they want as far as walking off. I, myself, had said I was coming to this floor to vote against this resolution. I thought it was so wrong that there was no question to take the opportunity to vote no. But listening to the debate, almost unbelievable, not that what they’re saying is believable but unbelievable that they would say it,” Pelosi said.

Reported by Ryan J. Reilly



Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/pelosi-to-boycott-holder-contempt-vote

[Skinner]

1. Nice.

[craigmatic]

2. Pelosi is a boss.

[DallasNE]

15. I Have Always Like Pelosi

While nobody is perfect I think she has always done a very respectible job.

[The Wielding Truth]

3. I am so proud of this woman! She is a fighter! I am right there with you, Nancy!

Any rep with a free brain should join he. This is a kangaroo court!

[nolabear]

4. I do believe the dems are beginning to get righteous.

I hope they know the wind is shifting in their favor and take full advantage of it.

[freshwest]

18. +1

[Spitfire of ATJ]

5. The entire Progressive Caucus is joining the walkout

[MaeScott]

14. That's good to hear. nt

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[harun]

19. Our only true allies in DC, the Progressive Caucus

They need our support.

[wordpix]

28. +1

[lobodons]

6. Gonna lose the NRA endorsement

She's not gonna get the NRA endorsment!!

[flpoljunkie]

7. They are walking out right now!

http://www.c-span.org/Events/Full-House-Votes-on-Contempt-Charges-Against-Atty-Gen-Holder/10737431952-1/

[Purveyor]

9. 10 Dems voting with the pukes so far. eom

[Tx4obama]

12. Total now: 17 n/t

[Voice for Peace]

13. looks like 17 total

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and who's the R who voted NAY??

ok: Two Republicans, Reps. Steven LaTourette of Ohio and Scott Rigell of Virginia, opposed the resolution.

[Kolesar]

26. Good for Steve. I should send him a thank you email...eom

[flpoljunkie]

10. A link to MSNBC online. Shows Democrats walking out and now speaking!

http://blog.livenewschat.tv/rockinroosters/

[flpoljunkie]

16. Photo from Talkingpointsmemo... An old fashioned walkout.

Ryan J. Reilly@ryanjreilly
We've got a good old fashioned walkout #FastandFurious pic.twitter.com/RSzqSOMp



http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/photo-house-democrats-walk-out-of-holder-contempt

[Purveyor]

8. Watching the dems file out of the chamber as I type. Sweet. eom

[The Wielding Truth]

11. God! I am soooooo Proud of them!!! Yeaaaaaay!!!!

[Peaceful Protester]

17. The truth about the Fast and Furious scandal

http://features.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2012/06/27/fast-and-furious-truth/?hpt=hp_t2

A Fortune investigation reveals that the ATF never intentionally allowed guns to fall into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. How the world came to believe just the opposite is a tale of rivalry, murder, and political bloodlust.

By Katherine Eban

[freshwest]

21. And yet, knowing this full well, the House voted for a lie!

I'd seen this before but forget the thread. Thanks for the link. Welcome to DU.

[katty]

20. Go Nancy!

[Kteachums]

22. Use your umbrella and whack those Republican Idiots Nancy!

Here we see the NRA controling the money and we watch the make-believe Dems vote against Holder. What a conspiracy they have mustered up. This started under Bush and let's make sure the people know that. I'm sick of watching these people in the House make a mockery of our President and his staff. They will do anything to take the President down and we have to do things to bring him up. I have a feeling that they will all hang like worms on the end of a hook before all of this is over. I told you our President is a genious! He has this one figured out, also! Don't allow this to take the joy out of this day. We will once again have our day!

[onehandle]

23. The once and future Speaker. nt

[permatex]

24. I watched the whole thing on C-Span

Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer's speeches were spot on and then the walk out was the icing on the cake.
Tomorrows headlines: Dems finally grow a pair and stand up to the Repubs

[Ineeda]

25. Which DINOs voted with the thugs?

I've looked but I can't find a list. I intend to let them all know that there will be repercussions.

[louis-t]

27. Here are the key paragraphs:

"Rep. Issa's committee has flagged this document as proof that the agents chose to walk guns. But prosecutors had determined, Voth says, that the "transfer of firearms" was legal. Agents had no choice but to keep investigating and start a wiretap as quickly as possible to gather evidence of criminal intent.

Ten days after the meeting with Hurley, a Saturday, Jaime Avila, a transient, admitted methamphetamine user, bought three WASR-10 rifles at the Lone Wolf Trading Company in Glendale, Ariz. The next day, a helpful Lone Wolf employee faxed Avila's purchase form to ATF to flag the suspicious activity. It was the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, so the agents didn't receive the fax until Tuesday, according to a contemporaneous case report. By that time, the legally purchased guns had been gone for three days. The agents had never seen the weapons and had no chance to seize them. But they entered the serial numbers into their gun database. Two of these were later recovered at Brian Terry's murder scene."