Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama's assertion of executive privilege ahead of a hearing before a House committee, which subsequently recommended his attorney general be cited for contempt of Congress, sets up a fight that has had mixed results in the past.

At stake are Justice Department documents relating to the flawed Fast and Furious gunrunning sting that House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-California, wants in his hands, and that Attorney General Eric Holder says are confidential.

The White House move means the Department of Justice can withhold the documents from the committee, which recommended by a 23-17 vote Wednesday that Holder be cited for contempt.

The full House is expected to consider the motion next week.

More details: House panel recommends contempt citation

If it votes to issue a contempt citation, a statement of facts would be delivered to the U.S. Attorney in the District of Columbia, "whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action," according to the law governing contempt citations.

Executive privilege also has been around since the earliest days of the country, and gives the executive branch the ability to withhold certain internal discussions and documents from scrutiny.

"It's there to give the executive branch some breathing room for its own deliberations," said Josh Chafetz, professor of law at Cornell Law School.

Executive privilege "has a long history, but it often plays out very differently," he said.

The last major confrontation over executive privilege also involved the Justice Department, but the partisan roles were reversed. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What the AG had done?
2. Who would have been hearing the case?
3. When?
4. Who was the AG?
5. Was the president supporting him?
6. What privilege he would exercise?
7. Did this work before?
8. Where the statement of facts would be sent?
9. in which district?
10. Where the attorney would send the matter then?
11. Which law stipulates all these?
12. Is executive privilege a new matter in the country?
13. From when we can trace it?
14. What power it gives to the executive branch?
15. What was the last such confrontation?
16. Was President Obama's party involved?
17. What sting is in question this time?
18. Who wanted the info?
19. Did the AG agree?
20. At the end did DOJ have to give the info away?
Answer: 1. contempt of Congress,
2. The full House
3. next week.
4. Eric Holder
5. Yes
6. executive privilege
7. Yes
8. to the U.S. Attorney
9. District of Columbia,
10. to the grand jury
11. the law governing contempt citations.
12. No
13. since the earliest days of the country,
14. the ability to withhold certain internal discussions and documents from scrutiny.
15. also involved the Justice Department,
16. No
17. the flawed Fast and Furious gunrunning sting
18. Darrell Issa
19. No
20. unknown

It can be dangerous to travel by sea. Ships sometimes sink far away from land. When this happens, the sailors have to get into small boats. If another ship does not come and help them and they do not have enough food or water, they will die. Most people believe we must not drink sea water. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water. A doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this. He thought that people could stay alive by drinking sea water and eating small fish, animals and plants from the sea. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean . He did not take any food or water with him. Every day Dr. Bombard drank just a little sea water. He also caught fish and they had water in them. He drank this water. He could not cook the fish, so he ate them as they were. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food. Dr. Bombard became hot, tired and quite ill, but after 65days at sea he was still alive. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other, and on 24th,December 1953, he reached Barbados. He lost 20 kilos, but he showed that people could live on sea water, the animals and plants in the sea. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. What can be treacherous?
2. What sometimes happens to boats?
3. What was the doctor's name?
4. Did he think a person could drink sea water?
5. Do others think it's safe?
6. When did he leave?
7. What was one thing he ate?
8. what else did he eat?
9. Did he drink a lot of sea water?
10. how far did he go?
11. How much weight did he lose?
12. Did he cook the fish?
13. Read the instructions again thoroughly before you do your next one. Your answers are way to long. You can use yes or no as answers after you've highlighted your text, you just remove it and type a shorter answer. Thanks & bye.
Answer: 1. to travel by sea
2. Ships sometimes sin
3. Alain Bombard
4. doctor called Alain Bombard did not believe this
5. They believe that if we do, we shall be very ill because of all the salt in the water.
6. On 19 October 1953, he set out in a small boa
7. caught fish
8. He took small plants from the sea, which gave him more food.
9. drinking sea water
10. He traveled 2,750 miles from one side of the Atlantic Ocean to the other
11. He lost 20 kilos
12. He could not cook the fish
13. plants

(CNN) -- Whether they're raising their adopted baby girl, dodging homophobic quips from their fraternity brothers or teaching the "Single Ladies" dance to the football team after glee club, it seems gay characters are becoming a vital part of prime time TV.

With characters like "Modern Family's" Mitchell and Cameron, Calvin from "Greek" and Kurt from "Glee," the number of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters on scripted programs has just about doubled since 2005, according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance against Defamation.

And characters will continue to identify as LGBT as time goes on, such as "Ugly Betty's" Justin, who recently had his first same-sex kiss. But Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD said, "We still have a long way to go before we're fully represented [on] TV."

In addition to the increasing number LGBT characters on scripted shows, which currently represents a little more than 3 percent of all leading and supporting characters on broadcast networks, there are also more openly gay actors and producers working in Hollywood, says Barrios.

Actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson plays the character Mitchell on the ABC prime time show "Modern Family." Like his on-screen role, Ferguson himself is openly gay.

"The opportunity to play not only a well developed gay character, but a dad, a son and brother was really appealing to me. ... I chose to play him very close to myself and I think that truthfulness was appealing to the creators," Ferguson told CNN.

However, Ferguson says his sexual orientation does not make him any more qualified to tackle a gay role than Eric Stonestreet, his straight co-star who plays Mitchell's partner Cameron. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Is the article about straight characters?
2. Then what?
3. What is the first program?
4. Who is the first person?
5. Who is Mitchell?
6. Who is the actor?
7. Is he gay?
8. Who else is on the program?
9. Who does he play?
10. How is he related to Mitchell?
Answer:
1. no
2. gay characters
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. character on Modern Family.
6. Jesse Tyler Ferguson
7. Yes
8. Eric Stonestreet
9. Cameron
10. co-star