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Member of Congress may not be questioned elsewhere about congessional speech or debate: U.S. Constitution Sec....

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U.S. Constitution Sec. 6, Cl 1 provides in part that "Senators and Representatives ... shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."

Contributed in 2009 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers

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