WASHINGTON House Democrats escalated their war with the Trump administration over document requests on Tuesday, voting to allow the Judiciary Committee to try to enforce ignored subpoenas in court. But they stopped short of the more direct, promised jab: holding Trump administration officials in contempt.

The House voted 229-191 to enforce subpoenas in civil court, with not a single Republican joining all the Democrats in support of the resolution. Democrats presented the resolution as voting to hold Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Don McGahn in civil contempt, although the resolution itself wouldnt actually hold anyone in contempt.

Instead, the resolution would allow the Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), to seek a court order against Barr and McGahn to turn over the documents that Democrats are asking for.