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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC - JANUARY 19:  Texas Governor Rick Perry announces he is dropping his run for the Republican U.S. presidential nomination during a news conference in Charleston, South Carolina January 19, 2012.  (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

Rick Perry: Eric Holder trying to 'incite racial tension'

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Eric Holder's remarks last week that voter ID laws are a modern-day version of a poll tax are receiving criticism from Texas governor Rick Perry...
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Could a PA voter ID law hurt Obama?

David A. Love
theGRIO REPORT - A controversial voter identification law adopted earlier this year here could potentially prevent tens of thousands of people from casting ballots in a state President Obama essentially must win to be re-elected...
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Attorney General Eric Holder is welcomed at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Is Eric Holder Obama's 'secret weapon'?

James Braxton Peterson
OPINION - This nation’s first African-American Attorney General exists in the historical shadow of this nation’s first black president, but Eric Holder has established himself as one of the most racially progressive AG’s ever to hold the office...
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Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the NAACP annual convention Tuesday, July 10, 2012, in Houston.  (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Eric Holder on voter ID: 'We call those poll taxes'

Pete Yost and Ramit Plushnick-Masti, Associated Press
HOUSTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he opposes a new photo ID requirement in Texas elections because it would be harmful to minority voters...
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Eric Holder to speak at NAACP convention

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HOUSTON (AP) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is scheduled to speak at the NAACP convention in Houston...
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Holder says GOP using him as 'proxy' to attack Obama

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Eric Holder is charging that he's become a 'proxy' for Republican attacks against President Barack Obama in an election year...
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Attorney General Eric Holder testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 7, 2012, before the House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on the Justice Department. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Justice won't prosecute Holder for contempt

Larry Margasak and Pete Yost, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department declared Friday that Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to withhold information about a bungled gun-tracking operation from Congress...
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Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, holds hands with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., next to Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., right, as House Democrats leave the Capitol in protest of a House vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress, Thursday, June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Democrats walk out on GOP Holder vote

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives walked out of a Congressional vote on whether to hold U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress over the 'Fast and Furious' program...
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Attorney General Eric Holder addresses more than 700 young people during the Boys and Girls Clubs of America and the Close Up Foundation's civics education week at the Grand Hyatt hotel June 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. . (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Holder held in contempt by House

Larry Margasak, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - With the National Rifle Administration demanding a "yes" vote and African-American lawmakers vowing to walk out of the chamber, the House moved Thursday toward holding Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress...
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Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, goes to the House Rules Committee to argue procedures as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on whether Attorney General Eric Holder is in contempt of Congress because he has refused to give the Oversight Committee all the documents it wants related to Operation Fast and Furious, the flawed gun-smuggling probe involving Mexican drug cartels, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans not backing down on Holder contempt vote

Larry Margasak, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Barring a last-minute deal, House Republicans plan historic votes Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in civil and criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents..
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