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Eric Holder: “Today's vote may make for good political theatre in the minds some, but it is at base both a crass effort and grave…”

On the recordJune 27, 2012
Today's vote may make for good political theatre in the minds some, but it is at base both a crass effort and grave disservice to the American people. They expect and they deserve far more.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Eric Holder criticized the contempt vote as a political stunt that does not serve the American people.

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