Directs the House Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (consisting of the Speaker, the majority and minority leaders, and the majority and minority whips) to inquire fully into the facts and circumstances surrounding the intervention by the chief counsel of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs in the sentencing of Mr. Dirk Stoffberg by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Requires the Group to report to the House of Representatives on its findings and any actions taken or recommendations made in response to such incident or to prevent the recurrence of such unauthorized interventions in judicial proceedings by House Members, officers, or employees.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Mr. McEwen of Ohio rose to a question of the privileges of the House and sent to the desk a resolution.
Considered as privileged matter.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate.
Mr. Gephardt moved to table the measure.
On motion to table the measure Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 249 - 160 (Roll no. 8).
Roll Call #8 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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