The chairman of a House committee has taken the rare step of scheduling a first vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. is in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents relating to the botched Fast and Furious gun-smuggling investigation.
The vote seems likely to succeed, with House Government Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) pushing aggressively for the charge. Further, he got the backing June 11 of the two top Republicans in the House, Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.).
