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.