A House panel votes to subpoena White House counselor Kellyanne Conway after a federal agency said she should be fired for Hatch Act violations
Chairman Elijah Cummings, Democrat of Maryland, has warned that his panel would vote to hold Conway in contempt if she ignores the subpoena. Conway did not appear on Wednesday on the advice of White House counsel for the committee's scheduled hearing.The vote -- 25 to 16, with Democrats and Rep.
Special counsel Henry Kerner on Wednesday said the office did not make its recommendation"lightly," saying Conway's conduct sent a"false message" to other federal employees that they don't need to abide by the Hatch Act.Trump has said that he's not going to fire Conway over the alleged Hatch Act violations and White House counsel Pat Cipollone said in a letter Monday that Conway does not need to testify before Congress.
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