legislation: 105-sjres-23
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| 105-sjres-23 | 105 | sjres | 23 | A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgement, without regard to political pressures, on whether to invoke the independent counsel process to investigate alleged criminal misconduct relating to any election campaign. | Crime and Law Enforcement | 1997-03-18 | 1997-03-19 | Motion to table agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 58-41. Record Vote No: 33. (consideration: CR S2501) | Senate | Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] | MI | D | L000261 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgment, without regard to political pressures and in accordance with the standards of the law and the established policies of the Justice Department, to determine whether the independent counsel process should be invoked to investigate allegations of criminal misconduct by any government official, Member of Congress, or other person in connection with any presidential or congressional election campaign. | 2016-10-26T06:32:23Z |