By: Marilyn Assenheim
In a vote of 21-12 on Thursday, the House panel found former IRS official Lois Lerner guilty of contempt of Congress. The decision, sometimes appearing to move more slowly than a broken bone knits was, in fact, a meticulously crafted, air-tight package. What makes the contempt decision so compelling is, as The Washington Examiner states: “House Ways and Means Committee Republicans aren’t ruling out the use of the chamber’s “inherent contempt” authority if Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to act on the panel’s accusations against former IRS official Lois Lerner.” But now it goes to Congress. Will The House take the next step?

Unless Eric Holder pursues legal action against Lerner, The House of Representatives has the authority to put Lois Lerner in the slammer for contempt until she cooperates. Since Holder and his cartoon DOJ move at the speed of glacial ice, when they move at all, it’s certain that they won’t. That said, The Washington Examiner elaborates on Congress’ ability to act: “…the House of Representatives has the authority to jail (Lerner) unless she changes her mind about refusing to answer questions about her role in the IRS scandal…what is required for that to happen is for a House majority to vote for a motion holding her in contempt and House Speaker John Boehner to then direct the House sergeant at arms to arrest and confine her… inherent contempt has the unique advantage that it doesn’t require ‘the cooperation or assistance of either the executive or judicial branches. The House or Senate can, on its own, conduct summary proceedings and cite the offender for contempt.’” Congress has enacted this right many times since 1795.

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