POLL: Pallone Takes a Walk on Eric Holder Contempt Vote
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was one of the Congressional Democrats who walked out of a House contempt vote against AG Eric Holder Thursday.
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Dozens of Democrats walked out of a Congressional vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder on contempt charges Thursday afternoon. Sixth District Congressman Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was among them.
Pallone, who represents Hazlet and other Bayshore towns in the 6th District, was disgusted by the contempt vote, which he called "a political stunt" from the Republicans.
"It's totally political," Pallone said. "There was no basis for it. We never had Congress act to hold a cabinet member in contempt."
The censure vote was set by House Speaker John Boehner after Congressional Republicans spent months of wrangling with Holder over documents pertaining to Operation 'Fast & Furious'.
The paper right culminated in a contempt vote showdown Thursday that passed 255 to 67- right after the historic Supreme Court decision that upheld major provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare.)
It was a busy day, indeed, in Washington, DC.
"I don't know what they want that hasn't been turned over," Pallone said. Opponents argued that Holder only handed over about 10 percent of the thousands of pages House Republicans demanded. The issue was a secret program conducted under the Justice Department that had US border gun shops selling firearms to Mexican gun dealers, in order to trace where the guns went.
One of the guns used to shoot and kill US Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry is alleged to have come from the program.
Holder, Pallone said, "has turned over everything. I don't know what they want that would still be meaningful. Their whole argument makes absolutely no sense."
Jon Boody
1:31 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
I'm not sure if he's "covering for the Obama administration", but Holder is clearly intentionally hindering the investigation. We cannot allow politicians to just say "No, I won't cooperate" and just drop it when a serious mistake has occurred - especially when a person's death is related to the mistake. Politicians must be held accountable for their actions, or the actions of those who report to them, and refusal to cooperate cannot be tolerated.
Nick
5:49 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
Vote Anna Little for Congressional District 6 - Anna will represent YOU in Congress, and not run away from the tough decisions that Congress needs to make!
bud
5:50 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
You mean Rep. Frank Pallone, D-NJ, Nancy Pelosi's "Obamacare Flunky?" Nice picture of him with her, Steny Hoyer, Maxine Waters and Charlie Rangel in the WS Journal. Looked like a left-wing lunatic convention! Pallone was also MIA when Fort Monmouth and Bell Labs were closed! An empty suit DC insider who has accomplished nothing in over 20 years representing NJ voters. He cannot win in Monmouth County, so the Dems have "Gerrymandered" his district to include places like Plainfield?????????
Nick
5:53 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
Fortunately Plainfield is no longer in the district! However, it still contains Democratic areas of Middlesex! If you want to defeat Pallone, please consider getting involved on Anna Little's campaign for Congress, more information can be found at www.annalittleforcongress.com!
dan
9:59 pm on Friday, June 29, 2012
typical democraps all they know how to do is to raise taxes and spend
Stuart
8:26 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
The dims did this in Wisconsin with the Scott Walker fiasco. When they know the truth and refuse too acknowledge that the Republicans are right they start to accuse the Republicans of attacking Obama and childishly walk away.
Tony Orsini
9:08 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
More political nonsense from the NOpublicans. It's as bogus as the "fake" birth certifiicate. Anna Little is a joke. Pallone is a stand up guy on the right side of all the issues, unlike YOU morons.
dan
9:40 pm on Sunday, July 1, 2012
Tony u ate a typical liberal loser. U hv no facts so u resort to insults. I guess u r.another thug