Expressing disapproval of any action by the President to remove the Special Counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election and opposition to the granting of pardons to any person for offenses against the United States arising out of Russia’s activities to bring about the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States.

H. Res. 474 · 115th Congress · Jul 25, 2017 · Lineage

RESOLUTION

That the House of Representatives—

(1)

strongly disapproves and condemns any action by the President to remove the Special Counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential election;

(2)

strongly opposes the granting of pardons to any person for offenses against the United States arising out of Russia’s activities to bring about the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States and deems any such pardon granted to constitute an abuse of the Pardon Power conferred in Article II, Section 2 warranting a proportionate congressional response; and

(3)

calls upon the Congress to enact H.R. 2444, the “Trusted, Reliable, Unquestioned Method of Procedure for Special Counsel Appointment, Limitations, and Powers Act of 2017”.

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Jul 25, 2017viewing Introduced in House Ms. Jackson Lee (for herself, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Hanabusa, Mr. Gutiérrez, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Meeks, Mr. Raskin, Mrs. Lawrence, Ms. Bass, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Kildee, and Mr. Beyer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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