WASHINGTON ¨C The House is nearing a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt of Congress for withholding documents on now-canceled plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.
The vote will be largely symbolic because there¡¯s virtually no chance the Justice Department would move in court against the attorney general. Still, it¡¯s part of the escalating conflict between the Democratic-controlled chamber and President Donald Trump.
On Tuesday, the House condemned as ¡°racist¡± the president¡¯s criticism of four freshman Democrats, all women of color. Also on Wednesday, the House is set to vote on Senate-passed measures to block the administration¡¯s plan to sell arms to Saudi Arabia.
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