"No Confidence" Votes and Other Forms of Congressional Censure of Public Officials.

Discusses possible significance of Senate or House action to adopt a resolution expressing "no confidence" in a Cabinet official or other executive-branch official. Examines potential legal issues, and discusses relation of such action to both "no confidence" votes in parliamenta...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Rules and practice. United States. > Congress > Committees. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Discusses possible significance of Senate or House action to adopt a resolution expressing "no confidence" in a Cabinet official or other executive-branch official. Examines potential legal issues, and discusses relation of such action to both "no confidence" votes in parliamentary systems and to Congressional actions to censure or express disapprobation. Describes past Congressional attempts to express a lack of confidence in or impose another form of censure on public officials.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.