Pelosi: House will vote next week to hold Barr and Ross in criminal contempt over census

[Judi Lynn]

Source: The Hill


BY MIKE LILLIS - 07/11/19 12:50 PM EDT

The House will vote next week to hold a pair of top administration officials in criminal contempt of Congress for withholding information related to the census, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday.

"Next week, the full House will vote on a resolution of criminal contempt for Attorney General [William] Barr and [Commerce] Secretary [Wilbur] Ross so we can enforce our subpoenas and get the facts," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) later clarified that the vote will be next Tuesday.

"We will hold this Admin accountable for continued obstruction & oppose efforts to undermine the census," Hoyer tweeted.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452625-pelosi-house-will-vote-next-week-to-hold-barr-and-ross-in-criminal-contempt

[in2herbs]

1. I guess the census is more important than children in cages. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

3. That type of two-sided division

plays into Republicans' hands, by undermining one of our positions while supporting another. They are both important. We will not throw up our hands and blame ourselves for these problems that the GOP created.

[Thekaspervote]

8. Agree!

[chowder66]

12. Hear hear!. nt

[George II]

4. That only took three minutes.

[ehrnst]

7. Some people will reach deep to find a reason to bash Democrats, won't they? (nt)

[George II]

14. Sad that she is doing something they've been screaming about and they STILL are not happy...

You know what that tells me.

[ehrnst]

16. To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail

or THOSE WORTHLESS DO NOTHING DEMS IN CONGRESS...

[LanternWaste]

13. Holding two or more concerns simultaneously is...

a difficult concept to understand for those unable to do so.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Good News

This is perhaps Congress' strongest and most airtight hand.

Don't compromise, don't accept partial compliance. GO FOR THE JUGULAR! It's now or never.

[Thekaspervote]

9. See post #3 you are not helping!!

[0rganism]

11. what about the whataboutism?

Speaker Pelosi announces criminal contempt investigations into one of the numerous obscene things this administration has done, and gets attacked in on-line forums because many things remain unaddressed.

yawn, i guess.

[PSPS]

21. Indeed. The whatboutisms on DU will begin to run thick as the election grows near

Amusingly and predictably, they seem to peak during normal working hours in St. Petersburg.

[ehrnst]

17. See posts #7, 13, 14 and 16...

[cstanleytech]

15. This also needs to be used as part of an ethics complaint as part of

an effort to disbarr Barr.

[Sherman A1]

18. And then what?

They will continue to ignore Congress.

[beachbum bob]

20. How about some news like starting Barr impeachment ??