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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MN | Keith Ellison | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Robert A. Brady | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Mar 13, 2017 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Mar 16, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Mar 20, 2017 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Mar 21, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Mar 22, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Nita M. Lowey | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Mar 23, 2017 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-NV | Ruben J. Kihuen | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Mar 24, 2017 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Daniel T. Kildee | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Mar 27, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-HI | Colleen Hanabusa | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Mar 28, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Mar 29, 2017 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Mar 30, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Mar 30, 2017 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 9, 2017Markup Mar 29, 2017Reported Mar 31, 2017 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 31, 2017Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-74.
- Mar 31, 2017Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
- 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
Research
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Committee report
CRS reports 1
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Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R40879 | Resolutions of Inquiry: An Analysis of Their Use in the House, 1947-2017 Archived | Report | Nov 9, 2017 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
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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