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Following the tragic killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teenager who was shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, 2014, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers Jr. (MI-13), Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (MO-01) and Congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11) issued a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate the shooting.
A copy of the letter sent to the DOJ is attached.
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This report titled "Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment," dated February 5, 1974, by the staff of the Impeachment Inquiry continues to be the standard for evaluating what meets the constitutional grounds for an impeachable offense.
- Judiciary Committee Staff Impeachment Report »
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Conyers: Boehner Lawsuit Against President Obama Is Pure Political Theatre
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: The IRS Targeting Scandal: The Need for a Special Counsel
Full Committee
Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2141 Rayburn Building
Democratic Memorandum on Potential Boehner Lawsuit against President Obama
Today, the United States Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to apply a reduction in the sentencing guideline levels applicable to most federal drug inmates retroactively. Unless Congress disapproves the amendment, beginning November 1, 2014, eligible inmates can ask courts to reduce their sentences. Courts will review a number of individualized factors, including public safety, in consideration of whether to grant these reductions.