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House schedules contempt vote for Eric Holder
CBS reports a committee contempt vote is set for June 20.

Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote
From the Oversight Committee: Chairman Waxman Schedules Contempt Vote In letters to EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson and White House official Susan Dudley, Chairman Waxman announces that the Committee will consider holding them in contempt for their repeated refusal to provide subpoenaed documents to the Committee...

'Very Ruffled' GOP Senators Could Delay Committee Vote for Holder, But Specter Says He Won't
Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee are facing a choice of whether to delay for a week a committee vote on Eric Holder Jr.?s nomination to be attorney general. The vote had been scheduled for this morning but has...

At Republicans' Request, Committee Delays Holder Vote
Republicans have delayed for one week a committee vote on Eric Holder Jr.'s nomination to be attorney general, giving them extra time to pore over Holder?s long record and force him to answer questions in writing about policies he would...

House Republicans Move Toward Contempt Citation Against AG Holder
The LA Times reports that Representative Darrell Issa, Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has drafted a 48-page contempt-of-Congress citation against AG Eric Holder for withholding documents related to the Committee's investigation into "Fast and Furious...

Holder Hearing Wraps Up With Confirmation Expected
The nomination of Eric Holder Jr. to be attorney general is headed for a committee vote as soon as Wednesday, after a day and a half of mostly positive interactions with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee...

Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007
Strengthens examination requirements of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States