The Brief: Top Texas News for June 21, 2012
The Big Conversation:
A long-simmering fight between the GOP and the Obama administration threatened to boil over on Wednesday, and Texas Republicans didn't miss the chance to stir the pot.
The dispute centered on U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, whom a House panel on Wednesday voted along party lines to hold in contempt for failing to furnish documents related to the botched gun operation dubbed Fast and Furious. Hours prior, President Barack Obama had invoked executive privilege over the documents — his first use of the powers in response to a congressional investigation.
The fight over Fast and Furious ...
Comments (4)
Dale Curry
For those who wish to look beyond the gasoline on fire rhetoric and lies of the repubs, then here are the facts: Fast and Furious was a program that began under Bush, it continued under Obama, it was ill conceived and poorly executed, it lead to deaths. Now the repubs want to take our dead and wrap their most virulent supporters in the blood and gore of those deaths in order to make political theatre and hopefully damage this administration. LIke Weapons of Mass destruction and death panels this has little basis in truth and much more in the election.
Karen Spivey-Cummings via Texas Tribune on Facebook
As usual, Cornyn lies.
Anya Khan
Bush stopped the program and Obama restarted it.
audrey fisher
Anya - so it was ok before an individual was killed. Or is this an IOKIYAR defense?