From The Hill
Well, we knew this was going to happen. I bet they were particularly happy to do it after the Supreme Court Ruling this morning.
The House voted Thursday to advance a resolution finding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, and a related resolution that could lead to civil court action against Holder.
Members voted 254-173 in favor of a rule governing floor debate for the two resolutions, setting up more debate and votes later in the day. The rule was approved by every Republican, and 15 Democrats, a sign that the resolutions might win the support of about a dozen or more Democrats later in the day.
Still more to come.
The rule vote sets up 50 minutes of debate and a vote on a criminal contempt resolution, although the Justice Department is not expected to enforce that. However, the rule also sets up 20 minutes of debate and a vote on a separate resolution that gives the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee power to pursue a civil court case to enforce their subpoena against Holder.
Will try to find the name of the 15 dem accomplices. Small "d" intentional.
12:57 PM PT: Update @2:55PM CDT Barrow, Boren, Boswell, Chandler, Donnely (IN),
Hochul, Kissell, Kind, Matheson, Owens, Peterson, Rahall, Ross (AR), Ross (FL), Walz.
2:01 PM PT: Correction. Ross (FL) is a repub. McIntre is the 15th on this list