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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the…

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Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the financing of campaigns in the 1996 Federal election, including the conduct of President Clinton and Vice President Gore.

Introduced: October 31, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Deplores the refusal of the Attorney General to seek application for an independent counsel concerning the 1996 election campaign of President Clinton and Vice President Gore and denounces the Attorney General's investigation.

Instructs the Attorney General to seek application for an independent counsel and instructs the President to request that the Attorney General seek such application without further delay.

What's happening now October 31, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 11, 1998
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Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Nov 7, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 183: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the financing of campaigns in the 1996 Federal election, including the conduct of President Clinton and Vice President Gore.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-183/
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"H. Con. Res. 183: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the financing of campaigns in the 1996 Federal election, including the conduct of President Clinton and Vice President Gore.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-183/.
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H. Con. Res. 183, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-183/.
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[H. Con. Res. 183: Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the failure of Attorney General Janet Reno to seek application for an independent counsel to investigate a number of matters relating to the financing of campaigns in the 1996 Federal election, including the conduct of President Clinton and Vice President Gore.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-183/)
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