Walz to vote "yes" on contempt of Congress charges

The Hill reports in Contempt citation endgame doesn’t faze House freshmen:

A contempt citation against the White House has some surprising allies: endangered freshman Democrats and moderates with a history of bucking their party’s leadership.

Despite their skittishness on other signature Democratic issues, most of the Democrats’ “Frontline” members wholeheartedly back sanctions against the White House for rebuffing the House Judiciary Committee in its investigation of the U.S. attorney scandal.. . . .

CONTEMPT

The House is expected to vote in December on whether to hold the Bush administration in contempt for refusing to allow staffers to testify in the U.S. attorneys investigation. A surprising number of endangered and centrist Democrats support the politically charged provision.

YES

Rep. Tim Walz (Minn.): “The White House has a total disregard for our subpoenas. We have to stay consistent.”
Walz had mentioned the contempt of congress provision several times in his recent district Iraq War forums