Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to communications with the government of Russia.
Latest action · Mar 31, 2017 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 9, 2017
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Requests the President, and directs the Attorney General, to transmit to the House of Representatives within 14 days after adoption of this resolution copies of any document or other communication in their possession that refers or relates to:
- any meeting or communication between Senator Jeff Sessions and any representative of the Russian government, including his meetings with the Russian Ambassador to the United States, Sergey I. Kislyak, on July 18, 2016, and September 8, 2016;
- Senator Sessions's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 10, 2017, his written response to Senator Patrick Leahy's letter of January 17, 2017, his letter of March 6, 2017, to such committee, his preparation for confirmation hearings before such committee with respect to contact between President Trump's campaign and any Russian government representative, and his recusal from any investigation related to the 2016 presidential election and the implementation of that recusal;
- the application of provisions regarding grounds for appointing a Special Counsel to any case involving the 2016 presidential election or any related matter; and
- any meeting between any employee of President Trump's campaign or transition team and any Russian government representative, including any meeting that involved Donald J. Trump, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner, Carter Page, J.D. Gordon, Richard Burt, Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, or Michael Cohen.
Cosponsors 150
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 9, 2017 to Mar 30, 2017, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Mar 9, 2017 |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Mar 13, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2017Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
- Mar 31, 2017Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-74.
- Mar 29, 2017Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 29, 2017Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 11.
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Justice
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal officials
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
- Members of Congress
- Presidential administrations
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Russia
- Senate
- Subversive activities
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2017Reported in House
- Mar 9, 2017Introduced in House
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