Attorney General Eric Holder Held in Contempt of Congress with Bipartisan Vote

In a bipartisan vote Eric Holder was held in contempt of congress by a vote of 255-67. Over 100 Democrats decided not to vote at all and simply walked out of the House in protest, but 17 Democrats voted with Republicans to hold Holder in contempt.

This whole situation is regrettable. It is never a good day when a member of the President's cabinet is held in contempt of congress, but there was little choice. Despite Democrats' insistence that thousands of documents have been turned over, many more are being withheld, and these documents need to be turned over to shed light on Fast and Furious, which has led to the death of Boarder Patrol Agent Brian Terry. This is serious business and not to be politicized.

No one should cheer the contempt vote, just accept that it had to happen and could have been avoided altogether if the Attorney General complied with requests of congress.

Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare (Mostly)

In a 5-4 decision the Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate, but it ruled that a mandate using the commerce clause is unconstitutional. Instead the mandate was upheld as a tax, something that President Obama repeatedly denied it was until it went to the Supreme Court, then his Solicitor General argued that it was a tax. Chief Justice John Roberts, a George W. Bush appointee sided with liberals giving them the votes they needed to uphold the mandate.
The court also ruled that the Federal government could not take away current medicaid funding from states that choose not to participate in The Affordable Care Act's (Obamacare) new requirements.

I applaud the latter ruling while strongly disagreeing with the former. The Supreme Court have now ruled that there is no limit to the coercion that the government can use by it's taxing power to control the lives of individuals. It is now more important than ever to defeat President Obama and elect a Republican Senate as well as hold a solid majority in the House.