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Atty Gen Holder Tells NAACP Convention He Will Fight Voter ID Laws

Never one to shy away from a fight, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder went into Texas today and aimed a barrage of criticism on the Lone Star State’s efforts to require voter IDs, comparing the new Texas law to an illegal poll tax. “We will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their [...]

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Atty General Holder Contempt Vote Won’t Yield Any More Documents

Now that the Republicans in the House of Representatives have succeeded in trying to shame Attorney General Eric Holder by making him the first sitting attorney general ever to be held in contempt of Congress, legal experts don’t expect the vote to mean that Holder will turn over any additional documents in the controversial ATF [...]

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House Holds Atty General Eric Holder in Contempt

The House of Representatives today followed through on its threat to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over additional documents beyond the more than 7,600 he has already given to Congress in the botched ATF Fast and Furious Operation. And led by Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the [...]