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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article I. Legislative Branch
  4. Section VIII
  5. Clause XVIII
  6. Investigations and Oversight
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    Investigations and Oversight
    • Overview of Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers
      • Historical Background on Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers
        • Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers (1787–1864)
          • Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers (1865–1940)
            • Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers (1940–1970)
              • Rules-Based Limits of Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers
                • Constitutional Limits of Congress's Investigation and Oversight Powers
                  • Watergate, Church, and Pike Investigations of Congress
                    • Congress's Investigatory Powers Generally
                      • Congress's Investigatory Powers and the President

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