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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:07 PM
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Congressional Procedure Question
to authorize a congressional investigation, you need to have a majority vote on the floor of the house, right?

So it would not be possible for the democrats to have an investigation against the Bush administration without enough Republican support to get a majority vote to start the congressional investigation in the first place, right?

In reference to the Iraqi prisoner abuse investigations...

Thanks for any help!
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unblock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:14 PM
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1. i believe you only need a majority in a committee with investigative power
though of course republicans have majorities in all such committees.
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:21 PM
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2. followup
what if there are the same number of people of each party in the committee? For the Senate armed services committee, there are the same number of D's and R's, but the R's hold the chairmanship, of course.
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:30 PM
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3. kick
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:42 PM
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4. followup kick ;0
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:42 PM
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5. followup kick ;0
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Mattforclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-11-04 09:57 PM
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6. final shameless kick
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