Substantiality of An Agency's Legal and Policy Objections In Refusing to Comply with Subpoenas for Documents and the Testimony of Agency Personnel.

Reviews case law to determine legal basis for investigative oversight, and describes several prominent instances of Congressional oversight in the establishment of oversight prerogatives relating to executive departments and agencies, in light of HHS refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Se...

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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], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Judge-made law. Governmental investigations > United States. Executive-legislative relations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews case law to determine legal basis for investigative oversight, and describes several prominent instances of Congressional oversight in the establishment of oversight prerogatives relating to executive departments and agencies, in light of HHS refusal to comply with subpoenas issued by the Senate Finance Committee.
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.