In a letter to Issa after Tuesday's meeting, Deputy Attorney General James Cole reiterated Holder's position that the documents would show Holder had nothing to hide about his role in Fast and Furious.
Both Issa's Wednesday letter and Holder's response struck a more conciliatory tone.
The same cannot be said of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to unleash a special prosecutor on past CIA interrogation practices.
"There's a big job to do, and it's going to be Mr. Holder's duty to turn this department around and restore its credibility, " said Sen.
However, the legislation's sponsor, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, rejected Holder's arguments.
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They questioned whether Holder's response to Johnson's question amounted to lying under oath because of subsequent media reports that the Justice Department confirmed Holder took part in discussions on seeking a search warrant.
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The policy holder's goal: to slice and dice all the options to maximize the overall payout.
The contempt citation, he said, was for Holder's failure to comply with subpoenas seeking specific documents.
The ex-WBC title holder's manager Don King is talking with Maccarinelli's promoter Frank Warren about the deal.
Mr. Holder's voter ID alarums are one more reason he's earning a reputation for politicized, partial justice.
What was once unthinkable - an all-in-one card for the holder's entire personal and professional life - beckons.
In such a scenario, Mr. Holder's tactics could well doom Section 5 itself.
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Jim Bunning, R-Kentucky, cited the pardons and what he called Holder's insufficient support for gun rights in opposing the nomination.
"He sees this as a never-ending process, " Cummings said in describing Holder's concerns about the continuing requests for more documentation.
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They would rather rely on a general-purpose and, from a copyright holder's point of view, highly untrustworthy device: the personal computer.
Others trap workers in low-paid fields such as child care, and some even signal to employers the holder's weak academic record.
The latest volley started with a 13-page letter from Holder's deputy, James Cole, to committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-California, arguing against contempt.
Voting rights have long been a centerpiece of Holder's law enforcement agenda.
Rhetoric aside, what was lacking from Holder's remarks was a way forward.
Traditionally, an account was labeled abandoned when mail sent to the account holder's last known address got returned by the post office as undeliverable.
The law allows Web sites to host infringing content if they're not purposefully profiting from it and if they remove it at the copyright holder's request.
While Don Holder's sensitive lighting enriches the stage pictures, it's too bad it couldn't somehow pinpoint and highlight the foot focus of Ms. Tharp's dramatic action.
Whitney Tilson, founder of T2 Partners, suggests that sometimes playing chicken with mortgage providers and missing a few payments could work in the mortgage holder's favor.
United States Attorney General Eric Holder's investigative fraud unit has stated that they have been working on Medicare fraud in hopes of better vetting new Medicare providers.
Whether the statement represents Mr. Holder's position is not clear.
"Attorney General Eric Holder's plans to sit down with media representatives to discuss guidelines for handling investigations into leaks to the news media have run into trouble, " CNN reports.
From the right, critics of the Dodd-Frank Act, the regulatory overhaul passed in 2010, argued that Mr. Holder's comments were evidence the law didn't do enough to protect taxpayers.
Thirty states now require some form of ID at the polls, and one goal of Mr. Holder's attack is to intimidate other states that want to toughen their laws.
Mr. Holder's remarks are especially notable because they come as the Justice Department is reviewing voter ID laws in Texas and South Carolina for "preclearance" under the Voting Rights Act.
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