...debate clause protection extends to activities within the sphere of legitimate legislative activity (generally considered to be matters that are an integral part of the deliberative process by which members participate in legislative proceedings) rather than activities that are representational...

...it." Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 US, at 204. More specifically, we must determine whether the activities are an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...debate in either House, and insofar as the clause is construed to reach other matters, they must be an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...debate in either House, and Insofar as the clause is construed to reach other matters, they must be an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...debate in either House, and insofar as the clause is construed to reach other matters, they must be an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...remains whether the act of doing so. simply because authorized by Congress, must always be considered "an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings" with respect tj legislative or other matters before the House. Gravel...

...task of the Congress." 354 US at 187. Legitimate legislative tasks have been defined as activities that are "an integral part of the deliberative and...communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...of the Congress." 354 US at 187. Legitimate legislative tasks have been defined as activities thnt are "an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...their employment." 75 The majority then defined "legislative acts" as "not allencompassing" but as an integral part of the deliberative and communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...

...legitimate task of the Congress. 354 US at 187. Legitimate legislative tasks have been defined as activities that are "an integral part of the deliberative and...communicative processes by which Members participate in committee and House proceedings with respect to the consideration and passage or rejection of proposed...