House Democrats will not hold floor votes on contempt resolutions against Attorney General William Barr or any other Trump administration officials until at least June
House Democrats will not hold floor votes on contempt resolutions against Attorney General William Barr or any other Trump administration officials until at leastHoyer's comments made official what has already been clear inside the House Democratic Caucus — Hoyer, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other party leaders are still wrestling with how to respond to President Donald Trump's broad refusal to cooperate with subpoenas for documents and testimony related to special counsel Robert...
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “We don’t want to do it just individually … We want to confront this refusal by the administration to cooperate with the constitution and the mandate that Congress has of oversight," Hoyer said. “The president has, in effect, made a blanket statement that he’s not cooperating with any subpoenas. That is totally unacceptable. That is against the Constitution."
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