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Republicans to bring Holder contempt vote to floor

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    Democrats in House committee vote to reject contempt citation

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Back on the home front now and house Democrats now fighting back against Republicans -- to hold the US attorney general Eric Holder.

In contempt of congress over the botched gun running -- known as fast and furious Republicans could bring that vote before the full house this coming week.

Meantime the family of murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry ramping up pressure on the Obama administration to release thousands of documents.

Molly Henneberg is live in Washington with the details -- Hi Rick today Democrats on the house oversight committee that's the committee that voted this week along party lines -- charge attorney general holder with contempt.

City Obama administration is trying to comply with congress but Republicans are shutting down the -- GOP leaders on the committee want to know when holder knew -- -- asked about -- various gun walking operation and they want specific additional documents.

The White House invoke executive privilege this week to keep those documents secret but holder did offer some other paperwork for the committee and committee Democrats said quote.

The committee flatly rejected a fair and reasonable offer made by the attorney general to provide additional internal delivered -- documents sought by the committee.

In exchange for a good faith commitment toward resolving the contents dispute.

Instead the committee has repeatedly shifted the goal posts in this investigation.

After failing to find evidence to support its -- ads substantiated allegations.

Republicans counter -- say the Justice Department doesn't get to pick and choose which papers -- hands over in an investigation.

Many as 80000.

Response of documents.

And yet only about 677600.

Have been turned over so -- one who gets to choose what is relevant.

And I think this is a large part of that offer is that it's in many ways.

A pretty -- offer and in some would suggest not even a real one.

House Republican speaker John Boehner said this week that unless the White House turns over the documents the committee requested.

The full house will vote on the contempt charge next week.

He says the family of the slain Border Patrol agent Brian Terry quote deserves answers about why their son was killed as the -- as the result of an operation run by the United States government.

-- Molly Henneberg in Washington Molly thank.

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