Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of…

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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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House Introduced Jun 28, 2012
House Passed Jun 28, 2012 255–67

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed House without amendment · Jun 28, 2012

(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. All summary versions on Congress.gov

Votes to become law

House · Passed Jun 28, 2012 · 255 Yea – 67 Nay Adoption Speaker: John A. Boehner

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Member	Party at vote	Seat	Position
Don Young	R	AK-AL	Aye
Jo Bonner	R	AL-1	Aye
Martha Roby	R	AL-2	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	AL-3	Aye
Robert Aderholt	R	AL-4	Aye
Mo Brooks	R	AL-5	Aye
Spencer Bachus	R	AL-6	Aye
Terri Sewell	D	AL-7	Not Voting
Rick Crawford	R	AR-1	Aye
Tim Griffin	R	AR-2	Aye
Steve Womack	R	AR-3	Aye
Mike Ross	D	AR-4	Aye
Paul Gosar	R	AZ-1	Aye
Trent Franks	R	AZ-2	Aye
Ben Quayle	R	AZ-3	Aye
Ed Pastor	D	AZ-4	No
David Schweikert	R	AZ-5	Aye
Jeff Flake	R	AZ-6	Aye
Raúl Grijalva	D	AZ-7	Not Voting
Ron Barber	D	AZ-8	No
Mike Thompson	D	CA-1	No
John Garamendi	D	CA-10	Not Voting
Jerry McNerney	D	CA-11	No
Jackie Speier	D	CA-12	No
Pete Stark	D	CA-13	Not Voting
Anna Eshoo	D	CA-14	No
Mike Honda	D	CA-15	Not Voting
Zoe Lofgren	D	CA-16	No
Sam Farr	D	CA-17	No
Dennis Cardoza	D	CA-18	Not Voting
Jeff Denham	R	CA-19	Aye
Wally Herger	R	CA-2	Aye
Jim Costa	D	CA-20	Not Voting
Devin Nunes	R	CA-21	Aye
Kevin McCarthy	R	CA-22	Aye
Lois Capps	D	CA-23	No
Elton Gallegly	R	CA-24	Aye
Buck McKeon	R	CA-25	Aye
David Dreier	R	CA-26	Aye
Brad Sherman	D	CA-27	No
Howard Berman	D	CA-28	No
Adam Schiff	D	CA-29	Not Voting
Daniel Lungren	R	CA-3	Aye
Henry Waxman	D	CA-30	No
Xavier Becerra	D	CA-31	Not Voting
Judy Chu	D	CA-32	Not Voting
Karen Bass	D	CA-33	Not Voting
Lucille Roybal-Allard	D	CA-34	Not Voting
Maxine Waters	D	CA-35	Not Voting
Janice Hahn	D	CA-36	Not Voting
Laura Richardson	D	CA-37	Not Voting
Grace Napolitano	D	CA-38	Not Voting
Linda Sánchez	D	CA-39	Not Voting
Tom McClintock	R	CA-4	Aye
Ed Royce	R	CA-40	Aye
Jerry Lewis	R	CA-41	Not Voting
Gary Miller	R	CA-42	Aye
Joe Baca	D	CA-43	Not Voting
Ken Calvert	R	CA-44	Aye
Mary Bono Mack	R	CA-45	Aye
Dana Rohrabacher	R	CA-46	Aye
Loretta Sanchez	D	CA-47	No
John Campbell	R	CA-48	Aye
Darrell Issa	R	CA-49	Aye
Doris Matsui	D	CA-5	Not Voting
Brian Bilbray	R	CA-50	Aye
Bob Filner	D	CA-51	Not Voting
Duncan Hunter	R	CA-52	Aye
Susan Davis	D	CA-53	Not Voting
Lynn Woolsey	D	CA-6	Not Voting
George Miller	D	CA-7	No
Nancy Pelosi	D	CA-8	Not Voting
Barbara Lee	D	CA-9	Not Voting
Diana DeGette	D	CO-1	Not Voting
Jared Polis	D	CO-2	Not Voting
Scott Tipton	R	CO-3	Aye
Cory Gardner	R	CO-4	Aye
Doug Lamborn	R	CO-5	Aye
Mike Coffman	R	CO-6	Aye
Ed Perlmutter	D	CO-7	No
John Larson	D	CT-1	Not Voting
Joe Courtney	D	CT-2	No
Rosa DeLauro	D	CT-3	No
Jim Himes	D	CT-4	No
Christopher Murphy	D	CT-5	No
John Carney	D	DE-AL	Not Voting
Jeff Miller	R	FL-1	Aye
C. Young	R	FL-10	Aye
Kathy Castor	D	FL-11	Not Voting
Dennis Ross	R	FL-12	Aye
Vern Buchanan	R	FL-13	Aye
Connie Mack	R	FL-14	Aye
Bill Posey	R	FL-15	Aye
Thomas Rooney	R	FL-16	Aye
Frederica Wilson	D	FL-17	Not Voting
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	R	FL-18	Aye
Ted Deutch	D	FL-19	No
Steve Southerland	R	FL-2	Aye
Debbie Wasserman Schultz	D	FL-20	No
Mario Diaz-Balart	R	FL-21	Aye
Allen West	R	FL-22	Aye
Alcee Hastings	D	FL-23	Not Voting
Sandy Adams	R	FL-24	Aye
David Rivera	R	FL-25	Aye
Corrine Brown	D	FL-3	Not Voting
Ander Crenshaw	R	FL-4	Aye
Richard Nugent	R	FL-5	Aye
Cliff Stearns	R	FL-6	Aye
John Mica	R	FL-7	Aye
Daniel Webster	R	FL-8	Aye
Gus Bilirakis	R	FL-9	Aye
Jack Kingston	R	GA-1	Aye
Paul Broun	R	GA-10	Aye
Phil Gingrey	R	GA-11	Aye
John Barrow	D	GA-12	Aye
David Scott	D	GA-13	Not Voting
Sanford Bishop	D	GA-2	Not Voting
Lynn Westmoreland	R	GA-3	Aye
Hank Johnson	D	GA-4	Not Voting
John Lewis	D	GA-5	Not Voting
Tom Price	R	GA-6	Aye
Rob Woodall	R	GA-7	Aye
Austin Scott	R	GA-8	Aye
Tom Graves	R	GA-9	Aye
Colleen Hanabusa	D	HI-1	Not Voting
Mazie Hirono	D	HI-2	No
Bruce Braley	D	IA-1	No
David Loebsack	D	IA-2	No
Leonard Boswell	D	IA-3	Aye
Tom Latham	R	IA-4	Aye
Steve King	R	IA-5	Aye
Raúl Labrador	R	ID-1	Aye
Mike Simpson	R	ID-2	Aye
Bobby Rush	D	IL-1	Not Voting
Bob Dold	R	IL-10	Aye
Adam Kinzinger	R	IL-11	Aye
Jerry Costello	D	IL-12	No
Judy Biggert	R	IL-13	Aye
Randy Hultgren	R	IL-14	Aye
Timothy Johnson	R	IL-15	Aye
Donald Manzullo	R	IL-16	Aye
Bobby Schilling	R	IL-17	Aye
Aaron Schock	R	IL-18	Aye
John Shimkus	R	IL-19	Aye
Jesse Jackson	D	IL-2	Not Voting
Daniel Lipinski	D	IL-3	Present
Luis Gutiérrez	D	IL-4	Not Voting
Mike Quigley	D	IL-5	No
Peter Roskam	R	IL-6	Aye
Danny Davis	D	IL-7	Not Voting
Joe Walsh	R	IL-8	Aye
Jan Schakowsky	D	IL-9	Not Voting
Peter Visclosky	D	IN-1	No
Joe Donnelly	D	IN-2	Aye
Marlin Stutzman	R	IN-3	Aye
Todd Rokita	R	IN-4	Aye
Dan Burton	R	IN-5	Aye
Mike Pence	R	IN-6	Aye
André Carson	D	IN-7	Not Voting
Larry Bucshon	R	IN-8	Aye
Todd Young	R	IN-9	Aye
Tim Huelskamp	R	KS-1	Aye
Lynn Jenkins	R	KS-2	Aye
Kevin Yoder	R	KS-3	Aye
Mike Pompeo	R	KS-4	Aye
Ed Whitfield	R	KY-1	Aye
Brett Guthrie	R	KY-2	Aye
John Yarmuth	D	KY-3	Not Voting
Geoff Davis	R	KY-4	Aye
Hal Rogers	R	KY-5	Aye
Ben Chandler	D	KY-6	Aye
Steve Scalise	R	LA-1	Aye
Cedric Richmond	D	LA-2	Not Voting
Jeff Landry	R	LA-3	Aye
John Fleming	R	LA-4	Aye
Rodney Alexander	R	LA-5	Aye
Bill Cassidy	R	LA-6	Aye
Charles Boustany	R	LA-7	Aye
John Olver	D	MA-1	Not Voting
William Keating	D	MA-10	Not Voting
Richard Neal	D	MA-2	Not Voting
Jim McGovern	D	MA-3	Not Voting
Barney Frank	D	MA-4	Not Voting
Niki Tsongas	D	MA-5	No
John Tierney	D	MA-6	No
Ed Markey	D	MA-7	Not Voting
Michael Capuano	D	MA-8	Not Voting
Stephen Lynch	D	MA-9	No
Andy Harris	R	MD-1	Aye
C. Ruppersberger	D	MD-2	Not Voting
John Sarbanes	D	MD-3	Not Voting
Donna Edwards	D	MD-4	Not Voting
Steny Hoyer	D	MD-5	Not Voting
Roscoe Bartlett	R	MD-6	Aye
Elijah Cummings	D	MD-7	Not Voting
Chris Van Hollen	D	MD-8	Not Voting
Chellie Pingree	D	ME-1	Not Voting
Michael Michaud	D	ME-2	No
Dan Benishek	R	MI-1	Aye
Candice Miller	R	MI-10	Aye
Thad McCotter	R	MI-11	Aye
Sander Levin	D	MI-12	Not Voting
Hansen Clarke	D	MI-13	Not Voting
John Conyers	D	MI-14	Not Voting
John Dingell	D	MI-15	No
Bill Huizenga	R	MI-2	Aye
Justin Amash	R	MI-3	Aye
Dave Camp	R	MI-4	Aye
Dale Kildee	D	MI-5	Not Voting
Fred Upton	R	MI-6	Aye
Tim Walberg	R	MI-7	Aye
Mike Rogers	R	MI-8	Aye
Gary Peters	D	MI-9	Not Voting
Timothy Walz	D	MN-1	Aye
John Kline	R	MN-2	Aye
Erik Paulsen	R	MN-3	Aye
Betty McCollum	D	MN-4	Not Voting
Keith Ellison	D	MN-5	Not Voting
Michele Bachmann	R	MN-6	Aye
Collin Peterson	D	MN-7	Aye
Chip Cravaack	R	MN-8	Aye
Wm. Clay	D	MO-1	Not Voting
W. Akin	R	MO-2	Aye
Russ Carnahan	D	MO-3	Not Voting
Vicky Hartzler	R	MO-4	Aye
Emanuel Cleaver	D	MO-5	Not Voting
Sam Graves	R	MO-6	Aye
Billy Long	R	MO-7	Aye
Jo Ann Emerson	R	MO-8	Aye
Blaine Luetkemeyer	R	MO-9	Aye
Alan Nunnelee	R	MS-1	Aye
Bennie Thompson	D	MS-2	Not Voting
Gregg Harper	R	MS-3	Aye
Steven Palazzo	R	MS-4	Aye
Denny Rehberg	R	MT-AL	Aye
G.K. Butterfield	D	NC-1	Not Voting
Patrick McHenry	R	NC-10	Aye
Heath Shuler	D	NC-11	No
Mel Watt	D	NC-12	Not Voting
Brad Miller	D	NC-13	No
Renee Ellmers	R	NC-2	Aye
Walter Jones	R	NC-3	Aye
David Price	D	NC-4	Not Voting
Virginia Foxx	R	NC-5	Aye
Howard Coble	R	NC-6	Aye
Mike McIntyre	D	NC-7	Aye
Larry Kissell	D	NC-8	Aye
Sue Myrick	R	NC-9	Aye
Rick Berg	R	ND-AL	Aye
Jeff Fortenberry	R	NE-1	Aye
Lee Terry	R	NE-2	Aye
Adrian Smith	R	NE-3	Aye
Frank Guinta	R	NH-1	Aye
Charlie Bass	R	NH-2	Aye
Rob Andrews	D	NJ-1	Not Voting
Rodney Frelinghuysen	R	NJ-11	Aye
Rush Holt	D	NJ-12	No
Albio Sires	D	NJ-13	Not Voting
Frank LoBiondo	R	NJ-2	Aye
Jon Runyan	R	NJ-3	Aye
Chris Smith	R	NJ-4	Aye
Scott Garrett	R	NJ-5	Aye
Frank Pallone	D	NJ-6	Not Voting
Leonard Lance	R	NJ-7	Aye
Bill Pascrell	D	NJ-8	Not Voting
Steven Rothman	D	NJ-9	No
Martin Heinrich	D	NM-1	No
Steve Pearce	R	NM-2	Aye
Ben Luján	D	NM-3	No
Shelley Berkley	D	NV-1	No
Mark Amodei	R	NV-2	Aye
Joseph Heck	R	NV-3	Aye
Timothy Bishop	D	NY-1	No
Ed Towns	D	NY-10	Not Voting
Yvette Clarke	D	NY-11	Not Voting
Nydia Velázquez	D	NY-12	Not Voting
Michael Grimm	R	NY-13	Aye
Carolyn Maloney	D	NY-14	Not Voting
Charlie Rangel	D	NY-15	Not Voting
José Serrano	D	NY-16	Not Voting
Eliot Engel	D	NY-17	Not Voting
Nita Lowey	D	NY-18	Not Voting
Nan Hayworth	R	NY-19	Aye
Steve Israel	D	NY-2	Not Voting
Christopher Gibson	R	NY-20	Aye
Paul Tonko	D	NY-21	Not Voting
Maurice Hinchey	D	NY-22	Not Voting
William Owens	D	NY-23	Aye
Richard Hanna	R	NY-24	Aye
Ann Marie Buerkle	R	NY-25	Aye
Kathleen Hochul	D	NY-26	Aye
Brian Higgins	D	NY-27	No
Louise Slaughter	D	NY-28	No
Tom Reed	R	NY-29	Aye
Pete King	R	NY-3	Aye
Carolyn McCarthy	D	NY-4	Not Voting
Gary Ackerman	D	NY-5	Not Voting
Gregory Meeks	D	NY-6	Not Voting
Joe Crowley	D	NY-7	Not Voting
Jerrold Nadler	D	NY-8	No
Robert Turner	R	NY-9	Aye
Steve Chabot	R	OH-1	Aye
Dennis Kucinich	D	OH-10	Not Voting
Marcia Fudge	D	OH-11	Not Voting
Pat Tiberi	R	OH-12	Aye
Betty Sutton	D	OH-13	No
Steven LaTourette	R	OH-14	No
Steve Stivers	R	OH-15	Aye
James Renacci	R	OH-16	Aye
Tim Ryan	D	OH-17	No
Bob Gibbs	R	OH-18	Aye
Jean Schmidt	R	OH-2	Aye
Michael Turner	R	OH-3	Aye
Jim Jordan	R	OH-4	Aye
Robert Latta	R	OH-5	Aye
Bill Johnson	R	OH-6	Aye
Steve Austria	R	OH-7	Aye
Marcy Kaptur	D	OH-9	Not Voting
John Sullivan	R	OK-1	Aye
Dan Boren	D	OK-2	Aye
Frank Lucas	R	OK-3	Aye
Tom Cole	R	OK-4	Aye
James Lankford	R	OK-5	Aye
Suzanne Bonamici	D	OR-1	No
Greg Walden	R	OR-2	Aye
Earl Blumenauer	D	OR-3	No
Peter DeFazio	D	OR-4	No
Kurt Schrader	D	OR-5	No
Robert Brady	D	PA-1	Not Voting
Tom Marino	R	PA-10	Aye
Lou Barletta	R	PA-11	Aye
Mark Critz	D	PA-12	Aye
Allyson Schwartz	D	PA-13	No
Michael Doyle	D	PA-14	Not Voting
Charles Dent	R	PA-15	Aye
Joseph Pitts	R	PA-16	Aye
Tim Holden	D	PA-17	No
Tim Murphy	R	PA-18	Aye
Todd Platts	R	PA-19	Aye
Chaka Fattah	D	PA-2	Not Voting
Mike Kelly	R	PA-3	Aye
Jason Altmire	D	PA-4	Aye
Glenn Thompson	R	PA-5	Aye
Jim Gerlach	R	PA-6	Aye
Patrick Meehan	R	PA-7	Aye
Michael Fitzpatrick	R	PA-8	Aye
Bill Shuster	R	PA-9	Aye
David Cicilline	D	RI-1	Not Voting
Jim Langevin	D	RI-2	No
Tim Scott	R	SC-1	Aye
Joe Wilson	R	SC-2	Aye
Jeff Duncan	R	SC-3	Aye
Trey Gowdy	R	SC-4	Aye
Mick Mulvaney	R	SC-5	Aye
Jim Clyburn	D	SC-6	Not Voting
Kristi Noem	R	SD-AL	Aye
Phil Roe	R	TN-1	Aye
Jimmy Duncan	R	TN-2	Aye
Chuck Fleischmann	R	TN-3	Aye
Scott DesJarlais	R	TN-4	Aye
Jim Cooper	D	TN-5	No
Diane Black	R	TN-6	Aye
Marsha Blackburn	R	TN-7	Aye
Stephen Fincher	R	TN-8	Aye
Steve Cohen	D	TN-9	No
Louie Gohmert	R	TX-1	Aye
Michael McCaul	R	TX-10	Aye
K. Conaway	R	TX-11	Aye
Kay Granger	R	TX-12	Aye
Mac Thornberry	R	TX-13	Aye
Ron Paul	R	TX-14	Aye
Rubén Hinojosa	D	TX-15	Not Voting
Silvestre Reyes	D	TX-16	Not Voting
Bill Flores	R	TX-17	Aye
Sheila Jackson Lee	D	TX-18	Not Voting
Randy Neugebauer	R	TX-19	Aye
Ted Poe	R	TX-2	Aye
Charlie Gonzalez	D	TX-20	Not Voting
Lamar Smith	R	TX-21	Aye
Pete Olson	R	TX-22	Aye
Quico Canseco	R	TX-23	Aye
Kenny Marchant	R	TX-24	Aye
Lloyd Doggett	D	TX-25	No
Michael Burgess	R	TX-26	Aye
Blake Farenthold	R	TX-27	Aye
Henry Cuellar	D	TX-28	No
Gene Green	D	TX-29	No
Sam Johnson	R	TX-3	Aye
Eddie Johnson	D	TX-30	Not Voting
John Carter	R	TX-31	Aye
Pete Sessions	R	TX-32	Aye
Ralph Hall	R	TX-4	Aye
Jeb Hensarling	R	TX-5	Aye
Joe Barton	R	TX-6	Aye
John Culberson	R	TX-7	Aye
Kevin Brady	R	TX-8	Aye
Al Green	D	TX-9	Not Voting
Rob Bishop	R	UT-1	Aye
Jim Matheson	D	UT-2	Aye
Jason Chaffetz	R	UT-3	Aye
Robert Wittman	R	VA-1	Aye
Frank Wolf	R	VA-10	Aye
Gerald Connolly	D	VA-11	No
Scott Rigell	R	VA-2	No
Bobby Scott	D	VA-3	Not Voting
J. Forbes	R	VA-4	Aye
Robert Hurt	R	VA-5	Aye
Bob Goodlatte	R	VA-6	Aye
Eric Cantor	R	VA-7	Aye
Jim Moran	D	VA-8	No
H. Griffith	R	VA-9	Aye
Peter Welch	D	VT-AL	No
Rick Larsen	D	WA-2	No
Jaime Herrera Beutler	R	WA-3	Aye
Doc Hastings	R	WA-4	Aye
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	R	WA-5	Aye
Norm Dicks	D	WA-6	No
Jim McDermott	D	WA-7	No
David Reichert	R	WA-8	Aye
Adam Smith	D	WA-9	No
Paul Ryan	R	WI-1	Aye
Tammy Baldwin	D	WI-2	No
Ron Kind	D	WI-3	Aye
Gwen Moore	D	WI-4	Not Voting
F. Sensenbrenner	R	WI-5	Aye
Tom Petri	R	WI-6	Aye
Sean Duffy	R	WI-7	Aye
Reid Ribble	R	WI-8	Aye
David McKinley	R	WV-1	Aye
Shelley Capito	R	WV-2	Aye
Nick Rahall	D	WV-3	Aye
Cynthia Lummis	R	WY-AL	Aye

Recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of…

Votes to become law

Final vote · House · Jun 28, 2012