Description: TO AGREE TO H.RES. 803, PROVIDING SUBPOENA AUTHORITY TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY IN ITS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.
Bill summary: Authorizes the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate fully and completely whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to impeach President Richard M. Nixon.
States that the Committee may require, by subpoena, interrogatory, or otherwise, the furnishing of such information as it deems necessary to such an investigation. Provides that such authority may be exercised by the chairman and the ranking minority member acting jointly or by the committee acting as a
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whole or by subcommittee.
Stipulates that any funds made available to the Committee on the Judiciary may be expended for the purpose of carrying out the investigation.
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Bill titles: Resolution providing appropriate power to the Committee on the Judiciary to conduct an investigation of whether sufficient grounds exist to impeach Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States.
Original source documents: Digest of the Congressional Record vol. 120-12, p. H539;
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov