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CONTEMPT BY A CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE BUT IT HAS NEVER REACHED THE FLOOR OF THE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHEN IT'S INVOLVING AN ATTORNEY GENERAL. SO THIS WOULD DEFINITELY BE UNPRECEDENTED. >> HOUSE REPUBLICANS AND THE JUSTICE...
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OTHER TO DO? >> WELL, HOUSE REPUBLICANS LED BY HOUSE OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE CHAIR ISSA
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HAS DEMANDED A LONG LIST OF DOCUMENTS AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HAVE OFFERED SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS, NOT ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS....
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PARTY ON THIS VOTE? AND ON TOP OF THAT, WOULD THERE BE ANY REPUBLICANS GOING ACROSS PARTY LINES? >> THERE MAY BE A FEW REPUBLICANS WHO CROSS PARTY LINES...
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I'VE HEARD THAT UP TO TWO DOZEN IF NOT MORE DEMOCRATS MAY JOIN ON THE CONTEMPT RESOLUTION AND THERE IS PRESSURE ON THEM FROM THE CONSERVATIVE NATIONAL...
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THERE ARE THEORETICALLY THREE OPTIONS FOR THE HOUSE TO PROCEED. THE FIRST IS CONSIDERED
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VERY UNLIKELY. THAT WOULD BE TO USE ITS OWN AUTHORITY AND PURSUE A PROCESS KNOWN AS INHERENT CONTEMPT WHEREBY THE HOUSE COULD ASK THE SERGEANT AT ARMS...
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CONTEMPT ON ITS OWN AUTHORITY. >>
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VERY QUICKLY, BEYOND THE SPECIFICS OF THIS CASE, WHAT MIGHT THE RIPPLE EFFECTS BE FROM A SUCCESSFUL CONTEMPT VOTE ON RELATIONS AND FUTURE
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DISAGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES? >> WELL, IT'S A VERY BIG CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO BRANCHES AND THIS WAS SURE TO SURE...
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IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS IS AN ELECTION YEAR, OF COURSE, AND NO DOUBT CONSERVATIVES WILL POINT TO THIS VOTE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN THE MONTHS AHEAD,...
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