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Next week, the full House will likely take up the issue, and the Republican majority (joined, most likely, by a few Democrats) will vote to hold Holder in contempt.
After the Republican-dominated Housexpectedpected, votes next week to back the committee's recommendation to hold Holder in contempt, the issue will almost certainly disappear into the courts for months to come.
Issa and Holder traded sharp words at hearings, and Issa was instrumental to a 2012 vote in the House to hold Holder in contempt for alleged stonewalling over a gun-walking operation known as Fast and Furious.
Issa scheduled the vote to hold Holder in contempt after concluding with House Republican leaders that the Justice Department was withholding information sought as part of the committee's investigation into the scandal.
Horowitz's team obtained 100,000 documents, many of which Issa said were denied to the House committee, an action that led to the historic vote to hold Holder in contempt of Congress.
The House committee voted to hold Holder in contempt of Congress by a 23-17 vote, but not before unleashing some criticism on Obama.
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If the full House, as is likely, now votes to hold Mr Holder in contempt, it will in theory fall to federal prosecutors to bring him into line.
June 2012: The Republican-led House of Representatives votes to hold Mr. Holder in contempt for failing to disclose internal Justice Department documents related to Operation Fast and Furious, a botched gun-trafficking investigation based in Arizona.
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