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Its most famous inquiries are benchmarks in American history: Credit Mobilier, Teapot Dome, Army-McCarthy, Watergate, and Iran-Contra. Investigative hearings often lead to legislation to address the problems uncovered. Judicial activities in the same area of Congress's investigation may precede, run simultaneously with, or follow such inquiries.
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress, published by the United States Government Publishing Office and issued when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record Index is updated daily online and published monthly.
Generally, an impeachment inquiry is overseen by the House Committee on the Judiciary, [4] with the most frequent alternative being a select committee formed for the explicit purposes of conducting the inquiry. [9] An impeachment inquiry's investigation may, alternatively, involve multiple committees instead of just one.
The impeachment inquiry slowed down in early October after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker by a handful of fellow Republicans, stalling legislative business and congressional investigations ...
Donald Trump's alleged attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat are laid out in a final report by the special counsel who spent two years investigating him.
The presiding officer can rule on questions, such as those related to the admission of evidence. Their rulings stand as the Senate's judgment on those particular questions unless the Senate votes to overrule them. Alternatively, the presiding officer can forgo ruling on a question and directly submit it to a Senate vote.
Hunter Biden's lawyer called the inquiry a “fishing expedition," a response in line with the more forceful legal approach he's taken in recent months as congressional Republicans pursue an ...
After the Clerk of the House receives the bill it is then assigned a legislative number, enrolled in the House Journal and printed in the Congressional Record and the Speaker of the House refers the bill to the Committee(s) with jurisdiction by sending the bill to the office of the chairman of the committee(s), and the Clerk of the Committee ...