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>> mr. cleaver, how can you explain what the republicans did today? >> this is a very sad day. i hope the people around the country realize how sad it is. you know, the deer would first graze on the good fruit and likewise the best of the elected officials are chewed up first. that's what's happening to eric holder. he is being chewed up for something that is just so nonexistent that the people around the country ought to be outraged. and this is partisanship at its most base level. it is an insult, i think, to the body of politics and this nation. >> now, congresswoman speier, you were in the...

Carolina had decided to slow representative darrell issa's drive to hold the attorney general in contempt. some within circles would like issa to abandon his plan for committee and a floor vote. what changed, mr. chairman? >> well, politics. it's important for the listeners, reverend, to understand that no attorney general in the history of this republic have been held in contempt of congress. not even john mitchell of watergate fame. it's quaint to say, but the ability of congress to function productively depends on its -- its ability to suppress its most base partisan adventures. and this is...

And in this case it's through a good and decent man who is being just tarnished because he is doing what any attorney general would do in terms of investigating this. you can throw mud against the wall. even though it will fall to the ground, a stain is there. that's what's going to happen. >> no attorney general, congresswoman speier, has been held in contempt of congress. but look at some of the politics here. the nra even got into this. the nra got in saying that -- and i'm going to read -- the nra has long standing issues withholder. no secret in a letter they wrote to oversight and govern...

Guardian." thank you both for being here this evening. >> thank you. >> ryan, why do republicans see this vote as a positive move? >> well, i think they were pushed into this by their base. they teased it for awhile. and then, you know, they might have wanted to move on. leadership -- many elements of leadership wanted to move on, but they got their base so fired up that their hand was almost forced on this. and to me, there ought to be a rule in politics and we can decide what the time limit is. but let's say you have one year where you can flog a scandal. you can use all of your partisan med...