The decision by the House Judiciary Committee to hold Karl Rove in contempt is a recommendation to the full House, who can now vote to adopt the recommendation with a contempt resolution by a simple majority vote.

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films

J.D. Crowe

The campaign to Send Karl Rove to Jail just took a huge step forward! In a stunning action (today, July 30), the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-14 to hold Rove in contempt.

Let's take a look at the campaign so far:

12 Days Ago: We launched Send Rove to Jail. You immediately recognized a crucial chance to hold Rove accountable for flagrantly breaking the law and you seized it, raising over 40,000 signatures in 24 hours!

9 Days Ago: CREDO Mobile took note of your efforts. They hopped on board and sent the petition to their subscribers, garnering tens of thousands more signatures.

5 Days Ago: We hit the 100,000 signature milestone, causing even more progressive groups to get involved, including Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, The Nation, Campaign for America's Future, Progress Now, and People for the American Way, the last of whom alone generated another 15,000 signatures.

Yesterday: Brave New Films Editorial Director ZP Heller hand delivered three petition boxes containing over 127,000 signatures to the House Judiciary Committee in Washington D.C. Together with our partners, we took our message directly to House Judiciary Committee member Linda Sanchez (D-CA), who was impressed by the sheer number of signatures. "I think it's ridiculous that Karl Rove thinks that he doesn't have to follow the law," Sanchez said. "And nobody in this country should be above the law."

Today: Sanchez led the HJC in a vote of contempt for Rove!

In just 12 days, your ability to sign and spread our petition led us from merely pointing out Rove's lawbreaking hubris to helping convince the HJC to vote him in contempt.

Now help us take this fight to the full House. Read and act on the Related: articles, below. For it is not just about Rove; his case raises larger critical issues of holding lawbreakers accountable and advocating justice within the framework of our legal system.

Related:

Send Karl Rove to Jail, People for the American Way
Watch the Brave New World video, sign the petition

Send Karl Rove to Jail, Will Easton, CREDO Action
Tell The House Judiciary Committee to hold Karl Rove in contempt (of Congress) and send him to jail

Judge: Congress can subpoena Bush aides, James Vicini, Reuters
The lawsuit seeks to get testimony or documents from White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers.