U.S. House Democratic members walkout in protest over Eric Holder contempt vote - pics

[Kadie]

House Democrats pass a statue of Thomas Jefferson while walking out in protest on votes on Capitol Hill June 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other House Democrats walked out to protest The US House of Representative's vote today to hold US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for his testimony and cooperation with Congress revolving around the Justice Department's 'fast and furious' program.


House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (L), D-MD, Rep. Barbara Lee (2L), D-CA, Rep. Charles Rangel (2R), D-NY, and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (R), D-NY, and others walk out on votes in protest on Capitol Hill June 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other House Democrats walked out to protest the US House of Representative's vote to hold US Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress for his testimony and cooperation with Congress revolving around the Justice Department's 'fast and furious' program.




WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: U.S. House Democratic members, including (L-R) Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), Rep. George Meeks (D-NY), House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Rep. Robert 'Bobby' Scott (D-VA), and Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL), participate in a walkout in protest of a vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder was in contempt of Congress June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.











WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: U.S. House Democratic members, including (L-R) Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. George Meeks (D-NY), Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), participate in a walkout in protest of a vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder was in contempt of Congress June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.












WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 28: U.S. House Democratic members make remarks during a news conference after a walkout in protest of a vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder was in contempt of Congress June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The House was scheduled for the contempt vote after Holder was accused for not submitting some of the documents in the Fast and Furious program, a federal law enforcement operation that allowed guns to circulate across the border between the U.S. and Mexico, to a House panel investigating it.



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[lamp_shade]

1. As always, thank you Kadie.

[Kadie]

2. .

[JDPriestly]

3. I have no way of knowing, but I would imagine that the documents that Issa is requesting

might name those who are dealing or have been dealing in the U.S. to Mexico arms market. Shame on them. It is evident to me that, whether Issa's intention or not, his acquisition of these documents might permit suspects to discover that they are the targets for investigations.

Guns have only one purpose -- to shoot something or someone. Selling arms to those who carry them into the Mexican drug wars should be criminal behavior in my opinion. If it isn't then Congress is failing at its job. (So what's new? I know.)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

6. Actually the document they want

are internal communications between the Justice Department and the White House which are strictly administrative in nature and traditionally deemed secret. The Republicans are pulling one of those "What did the President know and when did he know it?" fishing expeditions to try to drag Obama into this non-scandal.

[japple]

4. Thank you, Kadie, for providing the photograpic record.

For me, as a resident of the state of Georgia, the highlight of the day was seeing the leading light of this state walking hand-in-hand with the REAL leader in the US House of Reps. Thank you, John Lewis and Nancy Pelosi, for your bravery and courage.

[MADem]

11. +1,000 nt

[NBachers]

16. Yes, seeing those two hand-in-hand brought tears to my eyes

All of them - Courage, Dignity, and Strength

[Lifelong Protester]

5. Thank you,

from WI, I can assure you I get all emotional about Dems. growing a spine and walking out.

[progressivebydesign]

7. Love. Very powerful photos. Good for them!

So happy to see the large crowd that walked out, and that the Caucus did not walk alone.

Issa PROMISED that his sole reason for being in DC was to take down President Obama. He has devoted millions, and countless hours to try and find SOMETHING to impeach him on. That was why they put him in that position... to destroy us. They will not destroy us or the Obama presidency.

and I really wonder if Issa's constituents care that he is not doing anything but this.

[otohara]

8. Applause - Bravo

Nice visuals Dems....

[femmocrat]

9. Thank you, Kadie!

I am so proud of those democrats who stood up for the truth. And to those craven, cowardly dems who voted for the contempt citation, F.U. We will remember in November.

[SunSeeker]

10. K&R

[Chorophyll]

12. Fantastic.

Thank you, Kadie.

[MrMickeysMom]

13. Kick!

These Republicans... You can never convince them to do anything legal, can you?

[Overseas]

14. K&R! Thank you all !!

[LynneSin]

15. I know it was the Black Caucus that initiated but thank you Nancy for getting everyone involved

I remember how disappointed I was when the Black Caucus was questioning the legal election of George W. Bush and not one other democrat would support them.

[Madmiddle]

17. No Democrat

should have stayed behind. If they did they need to be voted out and a real Democrat put in that seat...

[HotRodTuna]

19. I thought their job was to vote

Not to "symbolically" walk out of every vote they didn't like. Better to stay put and put your name on the record. I have more respect for those that stayed then those that left.

[eaglesfanintn]

18. First, thanks for the pics!

Second, did all dems walk out? I was looking for my rep, Steve Cohen, but didn't see him in any of the pics.

[brightertomorrow]

20. Incredible pictures

Thank you. It's things like this that give us hope for a better tomorrow. There are still some in Washington who have integrity and courage. I wish we had many more like them.

[great white snark]

21. K&R. Thanks Kadie & participating House Dems.

[tclambert]

22. So does this mean these members of Congress are holding Darrell Issa in contempt?

About time. I've held him in contempt for a long damn time.

[Thinkingabout]

25. Contempt of Congress should be charged for all who voted to hold Holder in Contempt of Congress

This is an open disgrace of Congress, I doubt any of them read the Fortune article or perhaps they knew the truth and wanted to raise funds for the Republican party through more lies before the real story got out. What a shame.

[methodman]

23. California's answer

California did ! They passed the majority legislation act and rendered republicans obsolete. Only a few counties have republicans. They are out of power and represent a small population. Gov Brown is doing a good job showing California what a libertarian governor would be like. Most of the libertarians and republicans don't even like it. The students hate it even more and will not vote for either of those two.

[freshwest]

24. Thanks Kadie for taking the time to put together this collage for those of us who didn't see it.

The text tells the story, too.

[Bluzmann57]

26. Thanks for posting the pics

The vote was total bullshit and I think, deep down, repukes know it as well as Dems. But the nra rules those fuckin' idiots.
Sorry if my language offends anyone. I'm a bit hungover today. My fault.

[stanleyyelnatsdotCOM]

27. America's Christian BrotherHood....

http://blog.stanleyyelnats.com/

Republicans don't appreciate or simply don't CARE that the Constitution protects ALL Americans and not just the interest of Republicans.
America is not a Republican nation or a Christian nation. It is a secular nation. And for a very good reason.

The intent of the founding fathers was implicit... NO RELIGION! NONE!

The Constitution protects Republicans, Democrats, Gays, Blacks, Latinos, Christians, Muslims, Atheist, Believers, Non-Believers, Any group and Every group, and if I leave out a group, please add in a response.

And the GREATEST DANGER to the Constitution? Religion!

And isn't that IRONIC?

Republicans charge the President with attacking the Constitution. Why? Simply because the President uses the Constitution to PROTECT a group of Americans. And Republicans don't see that Presidential action as Constitutionality guaranteed.

They describe the action as an attack on the Constitution.

So, can you now see WHY Willard RMoney should never be elected?

America will have it's own Christian Brotherhood.