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The House Judiciary Committee on May 9, 1974, began formal hearings on the impeachment of President Nixon. [9] The initial 20 minutes of that day's proceedings were broadcast on the major U.S. television networks, after which the committee met for 10 weeks in closed sessions to receive evidence, including the confidential report from the ...
House Rules limit each full committee to just five subcommittees, and any task force, special subcommittee, or other subunit of a standing committee that is established for a cumulative period longer than six months in a Congress counts against that total. [15] A longer term for the task force would cause the Judiciary Committee to exceed this ...
Allegations of a secret deal made with Ford, promising a pardon in return for Nixon's resignation, led Ford to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on October 17, 1974. [89] [90] In his autobiography A Time to Heal, Ford wrote about a meeting he had with Nixon's Chief of Staff, Alexander Haig. Haig was explaining what he and Nixon's ...
After a three-month-long investigation, and with public pressure to impeach the president growing, the House passed a resolution, H.Res. 803, on February 6, 1974, that gave the Judiciary Committee authority to actually investigate charges against the President.
2nd: January 21, 1974 – December 20, 1974 The 93rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives .
April 30, 1974: White House releases edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes, but the House Judiciary Committee insists the actual tapes must be turned over. May 9, 1974: Impeachment hearings begin before the House Judiciary Committee. June 15, 1974: Woodward and Bernstein's book All the President's Men is published by Simon & Schuster (ISBN 0 ...
A Democratic strategist who helped organize a “White Dudes for Harris” call said Friday he is fighting back against a subpoena from House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio). “I am ...
House Judiciary Committee begins investigating and issuing subpoenas (Oct. 30, 1973); House Judiciary Report on committee investigation (Feb. 1, 1974); [94] House resolution 93-803 authorizes Judiciary Committee investigation (Feb. 6, 1974); [95] House Judiciary Committee votes three articles of impeachment to House floor (July 27–30, 1974 ...