The House Judiciary Committee just voted 22-17 to issue contempt citations to Harriet Miers, for refusing a legal subpoena to show in person before the Committee, and Josh Bolten, for refusing to bring legally subpoenaed documents to the Committee. Bush has announced that the Justice Department will not enforce any criminal contempt charges. This leaves basically one direct alternative, which is an Inherent Contempt proceeding, not done since the 1930s.
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