The refusal of AG Holder to release documents on the Fast and Furious gun smuggling has led a House Committee to hold him in contempt. This is partly political theater. But a US Border Patrol agent was probably killed with one of the guns.
Attorney General Eric Holder rejected Republican requests for his resignation on Tuesday, after Republican Senator John Cornyn delivered harsh criticism toward Holder at a Senate hearing.
The freshman congressman from Michigan believes Attorney General Eric Holder should resign over the scandal surrounding the Justice Department’s “Operation Fast and Furious”.
Critics are calling the president’s newly-assumed power unconstitutional, saying that it violates the Fifth Amendment right of all U.S. citizens to due process of law before they are deprived of life, liberty, or property for committing a crime.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA 49) answered questions today on popular internet forum, Reddit. Posting in the form of “I Am A”, the congressman invited users, also known as Redditors, to ask him anything (AMA).
Responding to the frustration progressive activists feel toward the political power and media attention garnered by the Tea Party movement, former Obama official Van Jones has teamed up with MoveOn.org to launch what they are calling The American Dream Movement. The media is calling it a “left-wing” or “liberal” version of the Tea Party.
Countering Glenn Beck’s Tea Party-oriented rally, labor and minority activist groups convened in Washington DC over the weekend, taking on an overtly partisan tone to energize the left-leaning base for the upcoming midterm elections.
