When the House voted Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in contempt of Congress, more than 100 Democrats walked out, denouncing the vote as a political sham.
But they left behind a group of 17 Democrats who face some of the toughest reelection contests in the nation, and that group joined Republicans in rebuking Holder. That solid bloc of Democratic support for the contempt motion against an attorney general appointed by a Democratic president was a testament to the GOP’s ability to make Holder radioactive in some key swing districts and to the enduring political influence of the National Rifle Association in Washington.
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