House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair Darrell Issa has scheduled a June 20 vote on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to produce documents relatedto the investigation into the Fast and Furious operation "gunwalking" scandal, the committee announced thismorning. The Oversight Committee, which is made up of 22 Republicans and 16Democrats, is expected to vote in favor of contempt, which couldlead to a possible floor vote. House Republican leadership hasbacked up Issa on the contempt vote, saying in a statement todaythat the "Justice Department is out of excuses." Speaking in New York Monday, Issa said he believes there isbipartisan support for the vote, and He predicted that at least 31Democrats would join Republican leadership if a floor vote is heldon the issue. Those 31 Democrats have asked President Barack Obama to "make sure it was an open and transparent review," he said."Clearly, we haven't gotten the facts." "We're opening up the data that we have to all the members," Issaadded. "So as they start reading the specifics of what we know wasknown but hidden from Congress and what we'd like to know but havebeen denied, how many of the Democrats will vote with us?" The move comes after last week's hearing that produced a few fieryexchanges between Holder and Issa. over the handling of the botched Fast & Furious operation, in which more than 2,000 gunswere allowed to "walk" across the border and into the hands ofMexico's drug cartels . The House Oversight Committee claims Holder is refusing to providedocuments related to the investigation. "This is like Iran Contra, or like Watergate, or like otherembarrassments over the years," Issa said this morning. "The majorembarrassment is the delay in being honest and open about it.It"s not the fact that something really dumb got done. Dumbthings happen in government. But when the GSA did dumb things, wesaw that once it became public, we got a pretty quick change.Certainly with the Secret Service, we saw an even quicker change." A contempt vote in itself is rather unprecedented. Congress hasconsidered whether an Executive Branch official should be held incontempt j ust four times in the past three decades. DON'T MISS: Inside The Gun Smuggling Scandal That Could Take Down Obama'sAttorney General. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as China Beer Filling Machine , Oil Filling Machines for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Carbonated Soft Drink Filling Machine.
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