Congressional Misconduct.

Intro -- CONGRESSIONAL MISCONDUCT -- CONGRESSIONAL MISCONDUCT -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 EXPULSION AND CENSURE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE FULL SENATE AGAINST MEMBERS* -- ABSTRACT -- EXPULSION -- Distinguished from Exclusion -- Authority as to Grounds and Timing -- Practices and Precedents -- CENSURE -- Condemn -- Denounce -- Grounds for Censure -- REPRIMAND -- SENATE PRECEDENTS -- Expulsion -- Censure -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 STATUS OF A SENATOR WHO HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF A FELONY* -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- SERVICE IN CONGRESS: QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE -- COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS -- REFRAINING FROM VOTING IN CONGRESS AFTER CONVICTION -- CONGRESSIONAL DISCIPLINE -- Indictment -- Conviction -- RECALL -- SALARY -- ELECTION/REELECTION -- PENSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 RECALL OF LEGISLATORS AND THE REMOVAL OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM OFFICE* -- ABSTRACT -- EXPULSION -- RECALL -- Constitutional History -- Judicial Decisions -- Supreme Court Jurisprudence -- Tenth Amendment -- Administrative and Judicial Decisions on State Recall Laws -- Constitutional Amendment -- Pro and Con -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 STATUS OF A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE WHO HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF A FELONY* -- ABSTRACT -- BACKGROUND -- SERVICE IN CONGRESS: QUALIFICATIONS FOR HOLDING OFFICE -- COMMITTEE CHAIRMANSHIPS AND LEADERSHIP POSITIONS -- Indictment -- Conviction -- REFRAINING FROM VOTING IN CONGRESS AFTER CONVICTION -- Congressional Discipline -- Indictment -- Conviction -- RECALL -- SALARY -- ELECTION/RE-ELECTION -- PENSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 LOSS OF FEDERAL PENSIONS FOR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN OFFENSES* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Hiss Act" Background -- Current Provisions Regarding Federal Retirement Annuity Payments.

Employee Contributions and Thrift Savings -- Spouse and Dependant Beneficiaries -- Legislative Proposals -- CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES -- Retroactivity and Ex Post Facto Laws -- Contracts, Takings, and Due Process Issues -- Excessive Fines -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- Blank Page.

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