It is not clear if Republicans have enough support to pass the measure.
House Republicans on Wednesday afternoon will hold a full chamber vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden's interview with special counsel Robert Hur on his handling of classified documents.
The speaker said Garland's defiance of the subpoena is a "problem under Article I" and that lawmakers must "defend" the Constitution and the authority of Congress to conduct oversight.The full floor vote had been in limbo since two House committees -- Oversight and Judiciary -- voted along party-lines last month to advance a report recommending that Garland be held in contempt.
The attorney general said lawmakers don't have a legitimate purpose for seeking the tape, and expressed concern that the sensitive information could harm the integrity of future investigations. "This isn't really about a policy disagreement with the DOJ, this is about feeding the MAGA base after 18 months of investigations that have produced failure after failure," Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, said in testimony Tuesday before the House Rules Committee.
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