attorney general eric holder came to a head in a pair of contempt-of-congress votes. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman our report. >> the resolution is agreed to. >> reporter: with that, attorney general holder became the first cabinet member to be held in criminal contempt by the u.s. house of representatives. in a separate vote, lawmakers also held the attorney general in civil contempt. it stemmed from his refusal to turn over additional documents related to "operation fast and furious." the botched gun-smuggling investigation that contributed to the death of a u.s. border agent. holder argued the 7,600 pages of material the justice department already turned over should be enough. republicans, however such as south carolina's trey gowdy, demanded more, since some details of what they were initially told, turned out to be inaccurate. >> for those who want a plea bargain, my question to you is this: will you settle for 75% of truth? is 50% of the truth enough for you? is a third? or do you want it all? because if you want all the truth then you want all the documents. >> reporter: but new york's caro