Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 979) recommending that the House of Representatives…

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Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 979) recommending that the House of Representatives find Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, Chief of Staff, White House, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary and for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 980) authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas.

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House Introduced Feb 13, 2008
House Passed Feb 14, 2008 223–32

Adopts H.Res. 979 (contempt citations against Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten for refusing to comply with subpoenas related to the firing of certain U.S. Attorneys) and H.Res. 980 (enforcement of such subpoenas).

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Feb 14, 2008

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

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Feb 14, 2008 · 223 Yea – 32 Nay Adoption Speaker: Nancy Pelosi

About this bill and sources

Official title: Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 979) recommending that the House of Representatives find Harriet Miers and Joshua Bolten, Chief of Staff, White House, in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with subpoenas duly issued by the Committee on the Judiciary and for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 980) authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Not Voting
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Not Voting
Terry Everett	R	AL-2	Not Voting
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Not Voting
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	No
Bud Cramer	D	AL-5	Aye
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Not Voting
Artur Davis	D	AL-7	Aye
Marion Berry	D	AR-1	Aye
Vic Snyder	D	AR-2	Aye
John Boozman	R	AR-3	Not Voting
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Aye
Rick Renzi	R	AZ-1	Not Voting
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Not Voting
John Shadegg	R	AZ-3	Not Voting
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	Aye
Harry Mitchell	D	AZ-5	Aye
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Not Voting
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Aye
Gabrielle Giffords	D	AZ-8	Aye
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	Aye
Ellen Tauscher	D	CA-10	Aye
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	Aye
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Aye
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	Aye
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	Aye
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	Aye
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Aye
George Radanovich	R	CA-19	Not Voting
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Not Voting
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Aye
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Not Voting
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Not Voting
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	Aye
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	No
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Not Voting
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Not Voting
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	Aye
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	Aye
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Aye
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Not Voting
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	Aye
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Aye
Hilda Solis	D	CA-32	Not Voting
Diane Watson	D	CA-33	Aye
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Aye
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Aye
Jane Harman	D	CA-36	Aye
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Aye
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Aye
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Aye
John Doolittle	R	CA-4	Not Voting
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Not Voting
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Not Voting
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	No
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Aye
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Not Voting
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Not Voting
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Not Voting
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	Aye
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Not Voting
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Not Voting
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Aye
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Not Voting
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Aye
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Not Voting
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Aye
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Aye
George Miller	D	CA-7	Aye
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Aye
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Aye
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Aye
Mark Udall	D	CO-2	Aye
John Salazar	D	CO-3	Aye
Marilyn Musgrave	R	CO-4	Not Voting
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Not Voting
Tom Tancredo	R	CO-6	Not Voting
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	Aye
John Larson	D	CT-1	Aye
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	Aye
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	Aye
Christopher Shays	R	CT-4	Not Voting
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	Aye
Michael Castle	R	DE-AL	Not Voting
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Not Voting
C. Young	R	FL-10	Not Voting
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Aye
Adam Putnam	R	FL-12	Not Voting
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Not Voting
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Not Voting
Dave Weldon	R	FL-15	Not Voting
Tim Mahoney	D	FL-16	Aye
Kendrick Meek	D	FL-17	Aye
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Not Voting
Robert Wexler	D	FL-19	Aye
Allen Boyd	D	FL-2	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	Aye
Lincoln Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Not Voting
Ron Klein	D	FL-22	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Aye
Tom Feeney	R	FL-24	Not Voting
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-25	Not Voting
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Not Voting
Ginny Brown-Waite	R	FL-5	Not Voting
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Not Voting
John Mica	R	FL-7	Not Voting
Ric Keller	R	FL-8	Not Voting
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Not Voting
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Not Voting
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Not Voting
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Not Voting
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	Aye
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Aye
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Not Voting
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Aye
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Aye
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Not Voting
John Linder	R	GA-7	Not Voting
Jim Marshall	D	GA-8	Aye
Nathan Deal	R	GA-9	Not Voting
Neil Abercrombie	D	HI-1	Aye
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	Aye
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	Aye
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	Aye
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Aye
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	No
Steve King	R	IA-5	Not Voting
Bill Sali	R	ID-1	Not Voting
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	No
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Aye
Mark Kirk	R	IL-10	No
Jerry Weller	R	IL-11	No
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	Aye
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Not Voting
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	No
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Not Voting
Phil Hare	D	IL-17	Aye
Ray LaHood	R	IL-18	No
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Not Voting
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Aye
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Aye
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Aye
Rahm Emanuel	D	IL-5	Aye
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Not Voting
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Aye
Melissa Bean	D	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Aye
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	Aye
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Aye
Mark Souder	R	IN-3	Not Voting
Steve Buyer	R	IN-4	Not Voting
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	No
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Not Voting
Brad Ellsworth	D	IN-8	Aye
Baron Hill	D	IN-9	Aye
Jerry Moran	R	KS-1	No
Nancy Boyda	D	KS-2	Aye
Dennis Moore	D	KS-3	Aye
Todd Tiahrt	R	KS-4	Not Voting
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Not Voting
Ron Lewis	R	KY-2	Not Voting
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Aye
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Not Voting
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Not Voting
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Aye
William Jefferson	D	LA-2	Aye
Charles Melancon	D	LA-3	Aye
Jim McCrery	R	LA-4	Not Voting
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Not Voting
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Not Voting
John Olver	D	MA-1	Aye
Bill Delahunt	D	MA-10	Aye
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Aye
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Aye
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	Aye
John Tierney	D	MA-6	Aye
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Aye
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Aye
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	Aye
Wayne Gilchrest	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Not Voting
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Aye
Albert Wynn	D	MD-4	Aye
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Aye
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Not Voting
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Aye
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Aye
Tom Allen	D	ME-1	Aye
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	Aye
Bart Stupak	D	MI-1	Aye
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Not Voting
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Not Voting
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Aye
Carolyn Kilpatrick	D	MI-13	Aye
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Aye
John Dingell	D	MI-15	Aye
Pete Hoekstra	R	MI-2	No
Vernon Ehlers	R	MI-3	No
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	No
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Aye
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Not Voting
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Not Voting
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Not Voting
Joe Knollenberg	R	MI-9	Not Voting
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Aye
John Kline	R	MN-2	Not Voting
Jim Ramstad	R	MN-3	No
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Aye
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Aye
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Not Voting
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
James Oberstar	D	MN-8	Aye
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Aye
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Not Voting
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Aye
Ike Skelton	D	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Aye
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Not Voting
Roy Blunt	R	MO-7	Not Voting
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Not Voting
Kenny Hulshof	R	MO-9	Not Voting
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Aye
Chip Pickering	R	MS-3	Not Voting
Gene Taylor	D	MS-4	Aye
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Not Voting
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Aye
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Not Voting
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	Aye
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Aye
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	Aye
Bob Etheridge	D	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	Aye
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	No
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Not Voting
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Aye
Robin Hayes	R	NC-8	Not Voting
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Not Voting
Earl Pomeroy	D	ND-AL	Aye
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Not Voting
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Not Voting
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Not Voting
Carol Shea-Porter	D	NH-1	Aye
Paul Hodes	D	NH-2	Aye
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Aye
Donald Payne	D	NJ-10	Aye
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Not Voting
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	Aye
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Aye
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	No
Jim Saxton	R	NJ-3	Not Voting
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Not Voting
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Not Voting
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Aye
Mike Ferguson	R	NJ-7	Not Voting
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Aye
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	Aye
Heather Wilson	R	NM-1	Not Voting
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Not Voting
Tom Udall	D	NM-3	Aye
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	Aye
Dean Heller	R	NV-2	Not Voting
Jon Porter	R	NV-3	Present
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	Aye
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Aye
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Aye
Vito Fossella	R	NY-13	No
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Aye
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Aye
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Aye
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Not Voting
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Not Voting
John Hall	D	NY-19	Aye
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Aye
Kirsten Gillibrand	D	NY-20	Aye
Michael McNulty	D	NY-21	Aye
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Aye
John McHugh	R	NY-23	No
Michael Arcuri	D	NY-24	Aye
Jim Walsh	R	NY-25	Not Voting
Thomas Reynolds	R	NY-26	Not Voting
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	Aye
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	Aye
Randy Kuhl	R	NY-29	No
Pete King	R	NY-3	No
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Aye
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Aye
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Aye
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	Aye
Anthony Weiner	D	NY-9	Aye
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Not Voting
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Aye
Stephanie Jones	D	OH-11	Not Voting
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Not Voting
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	Aye
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	Not Voting
Deborah Pryce	R	OH-15	Not Voting
Ralph Regula	R	OH-16	Not Voting
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	Aye
Zack Space	D	OH-18	Aye
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Not Voting
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Not Voting
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Not Voting
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Not Voting
Charles Wilson	D	OH-6	Aye
Dave Hobson	R	OH-7	Not Voting
John Boehner	R	OH-8	Not Voting
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Aye
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Not Voting
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Not Voting
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Not Voting
Mary Fallin	R	OK-5	Not Voting
David Wu	D	OR-1	Aye
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Not Voting
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	Aye
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	Aye
Darlene Hooley	D	OR-5	Aye
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Aye
Christopher Carney	D	PA-10	Aye
Paul Kanjorski	D	PA-11	Aye
John Murtha	D	PA-12	Aye
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	Aye
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Aye
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Not Voting
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Not Voting
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	Aye
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Not Voting
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Not Voting
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Aye
Phil English	R	PA-3	Not Voting
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Aye
John Peterson	R	PA-5	Not Voting
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Not Voting
Joe Sestak	D	PA-7	Aye
Patrick Murphy	D	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Not Voting
Patrick Kennedy	D	RI-1	Aye
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	Aye
Henry Brown	R	SC-1	No
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Not Voting
J. Gresham Barrett	R	SC-3	Not Voting
Bob Inglis	R	SC-4	Not Voting
John Spratt	D	SC-5	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Aye
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin	D	SD-AL	Aye
David Davis	R	TN-1	No
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	No
Zach Wamp	R	TN-3	Not Voting
Lincoln Davis	D	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	Aye
Bart Gordon	D	TN-6	Aye
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Not Voting
John Tanner	D	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	Aye
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Not Voting
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Not Voting
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	No
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Not Voting
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Not Voting
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Aye
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Aye
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Aye
Chet Edwards	D	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Aye
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Not Voting
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	No
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Aye
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Not Voting
Nick Lampson	D	TX-22	Aye
Ciro Rodriguez	D	TX-23	Aye
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Not Voting
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	Aye
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Not Voting
Solomon Ortiz	D	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	No
Gene Green	D	TX-29	Aye
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Not Voting
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Aye
John Carter	R	TX-31	Not Voting
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Not Voting
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	No
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Not Voting
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Not Voting
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Not Voting
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Not Voting
Al Green	D	TX-9	Aye
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Not Voting
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Aye
Chris Cannon	R	UT-3	Not Voting
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	No
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Not Voting
Tom Davis	R	VA-11	No
Thelma Drake	R	VA-2	Not Voting
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Aye
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Not Voting
Virgil Goode	R	VA-5	Not Voting
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Not Voting
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Not Voting
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	Aye
Rick Boucher	D	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	Aye
Jay Inslee	D	WA-1	Aye
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	Aye
Brian Baird	D	WA-3	Aye
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Not Voting
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Not Voting
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	Aye
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	Aye
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Not Voting
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	Aye
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Not Voting
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	Aye
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Aye
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Aye
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	No
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Not Voting
Dave Obey	D	WI-7	Aye
Steve Kagen	D	WI-8	Aye
Alan Mollohan	D	WV-1	Aye
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Not Voting
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Aye
Barbara Cubin	R	WY-AL	No

Providing for the adoption of the resolution (H. Res. 979) recommending that the House of Representatives…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Feb 14, 2008