Congress will vote next week to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt over their failure to comply with subpoenas over plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced on Thursday.
Scheduled for Tuesday, the vote will address Barr and Ross’s refusal to hand over documents subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
The House will vote Tuesday to hold the Admin in contempt of Congress after defying subpoenas for documents explaining the effort to add a citizenship question to the #Census. We will hold this Admin accountable for continued obstruction & oppose efforts to undermine the census.
— Steny Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) July 11, 2019
The move comes hours before President Trump is expected to announce an executive order aimed at adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census, after the Supreme Court struck the question last month in a mixed ruling.
The House has not yet filed a lawsuit to enforce the subpoenas against Barr and Ross, which seek records from the backstory around how the decision to add the question to the 2020 census was made.
Stick to your guns, Dems! Don’t fail us!
Why the delay in filing the lawsuits?
“Congress will vote next week to hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt over their failure to comply with subpoenas over plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced on Thursday.”
I am and have been so on board with your comment,the Dems seem to say for every action we will delay what we do.
Repubs would have started IMPEACHMENT,not and inquiry in 2018.
Dis-Barr! LOCK HIM UP!
Okay I like this.
I like the public statement - sucking attention and air out of the POTUS announcement. It’s a good way to seize control of the narrative.
More of this please.
On the other hand - announcing a plan to take a vote to do something some time in the future - is fairly weak drink. But again - It’s better than nothing.