Holder Contempt Vote Will Proceed in U.S. House, Boehner Says

The U.S. House plans to proceed with a vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder should be cited for contempt of Congress, the first proceeding of its kind against a Cabinet member.

The contempt vote will be held tomorrow over documents that Holder declined to provide to Congress related to the Fast and Furious federal gun operation, said House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican. President Barack Obama has asserted executive privilege over the documents and declined to turn them over.

“We’d really rather not be there,” Boehner told reporters today in Washington. The White House hasn’t cooperated with the House Republicans’ requests “to get to the bottom of a very serious issue,” Boehner said.

Eat a bag of dicks, Boehner