SRES 487
113th Congress
Senate
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit groups by the Internal Revenue Service.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2014
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4163-4164)
Jun 26, 2014
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. should appoint a special counsel or prosecutor, with meaningful independence, to investigate the targeting of conservative nonprofit advocacy groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4163-4164)
Committees of jurisdiction
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