Rep. Blake Farenthold pushes GOP leadership for vote on Contempt of Congress...
House GOP conservatives are pushing for immediate passage of a contempt-of-Congress resolution over Operation Fast & Furious, a position that puts them at odds with House Speaker John Boehner....
View ArticleSen. John Cornyn demands Justice Department accountability over Fast and Furious
Texas Sen. John Cornyn responded sharply to information that top DOJ officials had knowledge of controversial tactics used in Operation Fast and Furious.
View ArticleTexas Republicans say Holder richly deserved contempt citation (Updated)
Rep. Blake Farenthold, the only Texan on the committee, summed up the debate this way: "The subpoena has been in place for the better part of a year. And the attorney general has had every opportunity...
View ArticleContempt! The partisan showdown over Fast and Furious boils over
Democrats argued gun-walking tactics also were used during the Bush administration, and the Republican majority’s focus on Fast and Furious was a distraction from the issue of easy gun purchases by...
View ArticleCivil rights leaders condemn GOP for attacks on AG Eric Holder; Al Sharpton...
"Holder is not in contempt of Congress, he is in contempt of the narrow political agenda of some of the House leadership," said Wade Henderson, CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
View ArticleTen mysteries surrounding Operation Fast and Furious
★ ★ ★ You could be forgiven for finding the Operation Fast and Furious controversy to be more than a little confusing. Gunwalking? Straw purchasers? FFLs? You need more than a scorecard to follow this...
View ArticleInside Fast and Furious: Ambitious plan turns into colossal disaster
The ATF's biggest adversary in Operation Fast and Furious was not the gun-wielding Mexican drug cartels, but rather the mismatch between its ambition to build major weapons-trafficking cases and the...
View ArticleThey’re not the NRA: A look inside the firearms industry’s trade group
The National Shooting Sports Foundation, the innocuous-sounding name of the firearms industry’s trade group, normally is not shy about trumpeting the fun side of gun ownership -- anything from plinking...
View ArticleCornyn says Fast and Furious report ‘does not reflect well’ on...
Texas on the Potomac will bring you Texas reaction to the Justice Department Inspector General's report on the botched Operation Fast and Furious as soon as we get it. Here's the latest. "The Justice...
View ArticleTexMessage: Bill Flores demands resignation of Attorney General Eric Holder,...
In a letter to President Obama, Flores demanded the resignations of both Holder and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper for their "lack of honesty and poor commitment to the protection of...
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