House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) called on his House colleagues to
support the contempt resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder, saying they should support it because the Obama administration has
left the House no other choice.
"I don't take this matter
lightly, and I frankly hoped it would never come to this," Boehner said
on the House floor just hours before the scheduled vote.
"But no Justice Department is above the law, and no Justice
Department is above the Constitution, which each of us has sworn an oath
to uphold," he said. "So I ask the members of this body to come
together and to support this resolution."
Read more on The Hill's Floor Action blog.
