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Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture,…

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Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.

Introduced: December 18, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Dec 18, 2005
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Creates the Select Committee on Administration Predetermination to Go to War and Manipulation of Intelligence to investigate all relevant government agency actions and decisions relating to the Administration's: (1) intent to go to war before congressional authorization; (2) manipulation of pre-war intelligence; (3) encouragement and countenancing of torture; and (4) retaliation against critics.

Requires the Committee to report to the House of Representatives on: (1) the results of its investigation; and (2) any substantial and credible information which the Committee receives in carrying out its responsibilities that may constitute grounds for possible impeachment.

What's happening now December 18, 2005

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8 Independent 1
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 30, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Mar 14, 2006
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 9, 2006
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 14, 2006
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 14, 2006
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 31, 2006
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Dec 22, 2005
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 635: Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-635/
MLA
"H. Res. 635: Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-635/.
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H. Res. 635, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-635/.
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[H. Res. 635: Creating a select committee to investigate the Administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture, retaliating against critics, and to make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-635/)
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