jumped into the fray and walked right out of the building. look at that. there they go. out on the house side steps. nancy pelosi right there surrounded by members of the congressional black caucus. in the end, though, the charge was contempt of congress against the sitting attorney general of the united states, eric holder and it was a bipartisan vote. the vote was 255-67. 17 democrats said that he should be handing over those documents regarding fast & furious which is all the republicans in the house oversight committee have been wanting. they want to know what went into that particular program that wound up with the death of brian terry. and his mother, josephine terry reacts last night on o reilly to the walkout of all these members of congress who did not vote in favor of holding the attorney general in contempt of congress. i think it was a disgrace to
i can tell you as a member of chairman issa s committee, we ll continue to pursue this even around this contempt charge and again, the hope is that the u.s. attorney in d.c. will pick this up. if not, that a federal court, a federal judge will pick it up and force eric holder to provide these documents so we can get answers. may take some time but my god, for the terry family, it s well worth it. congressman joe walsh, republican from illinois and member of the house oversight and government reform committee looking into. this thanks much for your time. great to be with you. she came to america to pursue the american dream and she did. and then suddenly her life cut down by an illegal immigrant. how her death could have been prevented. and remember when president obama said his health care plan was not a tax when he was trying to convince the american public that it was a good idea. for us to say that you ve got to take a responsibility to get health insurance is
good morning, everyone. tgif. it s friday, june 29, 2012. i m gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing part of your day with us today. the supreme court obamacare diagnosis is in. they ve ruled it s a tax. and the government calls the shots on your health now. we ll break down the numbers and we ll tell you what it means for you. and he s the whole reason for the investigation into eric holder but nancy pelosi can t seem to remember that agent s name. we all very, very much agree that we are very sad and seek justice to the family of border patrol agent brian terry. terry. brian terry s mother speaking out in just moments. then, lie about your
deem. let s give pat some credit. pat is the singer. i will say this, didn t he write the songs? they were a great team, i think that was a good way to put it. let s leave it at that. let s get to your headlines as well. attorney general eric holder is now the first sitting cabinet member ever to be held in contempt of congress. the republican-controlled house handing him a criminal citation and civil citation. all over the botched fast & furious operation in which border patrol agent brian terry was killed, the terry family responded to the news. what happened today was very, very good and i was happy about it and i think it s a step forward to get justice for my son. so far, the attorney general is dismissing the contempt citations as purely political. now congress must wait for a u.s. attorney who works for holder to move forward with the citations. deadly shooting at north carolina s ft. bragg. he shot and killed a battalion commander and then turned the gun on himself.