H.Res. 711Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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Sponsor: Darrell Issa [R-CA-49]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Latest action: Jun 28, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedJun 28, 2012
Passed the HouseJun 28, 2012

What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Finds Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, to be in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena.

Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives to certify the report of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, detailing the refusal of Mr. Holder to produce documents to the Committee as directed by subpoena, to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, to the end that Mr. Holder be proceeded against in the manner and form provided by law.

Directs the Speaker to otherwise take all appropriate action to enforce the subpoena.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 711 as passed House without amendment on Jun 28, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Jun 28, 2012Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJun 28, 2012

How every member votedHouse roll call 440

House Jun 28, 2012 · the primary vote

On Motion to Refer the Resolution to Oversight and Government Reform

Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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172 Yea 251 Nay 9 not voting

Party-line vote 14 of 423 voting members broke with their own party: 14 Democrats.

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Democratic191 members

Republican241 members

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H.Res. 711Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.Res. 7112 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 440

On Motion to Refer the Resolution to Oversight and Government Reform

How the chamber split

H.Res. 711Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

What the measure doesCRS summary

Roll calls on H.Res. 7112 roll calls on this measure

How every member votedHouse roll call 440

On Motion to Refer the Resolution to Oversight and Government Reform

How the chamber split

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