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<item congress="116" measure-type="hres" measure-number="661" measure-id="id116hres661" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2019-10-29" update-date="2019-11-15">
<title>Authorizing the Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives to retain private counsel, either for pay or pro bono, in support of the ongoing inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach President Donald John Trump.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hres661v53" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-11-15">
<action-date>2019-11-14</action-date>
<action-desc>Passed House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution authorizes the Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives to retain private counsel, either for pay or pro bono, in support of the ongoing inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Trump.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<summary summary-id="id116hres661v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2019-11-15">
<action-date>2019-10-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution authorizes the Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives to retain private counsel, either for pay or pro bono, in support of the ongoing inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach President Trump.</p>]]></summary-text>
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