Bill116th CongressFiled Nov 22, 2019Government Operations and Politics
H.Res. 731
Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.
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What it doesSummary introduced in house (Nov 22, 2019)
This resolution (1) condemns the tweet made by the President on October 22, 2019, drawing a moral equivalence between the exercise of the impeachment power conferred on the House of Representatives by the Constitution and lynching; and (2) calls upon all Americans to read, celebrate, and revere the Constitution.
What just happenedDec 18, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Who’s behind it
Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18](D-TX)Sponsor
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- Introduced in HouseNov 22, 2019
- Dec 18, 2019Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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