DEFENDANT'S RESPONSE

TO AMICUS

INTRODUCTION

ARGUMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A.

Individual Members Do Not Have All The Powers Of "Congress."

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B.

The Brief Ignores The Principle Of Majority Rule.

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C.

The House Republicans' Brief Demonstrates The Political Nature Of

This Dispute.

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CONCLUSION

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Cases

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

Doe v. McMillan, 412 U.S. 306 (1973) .

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Eastland v. United States Servicemen's Fund, 421 U.S. 491 (1975)

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Exxon Corp. v. FTC, 589 F.2d 582 (D.C. Cir. 1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 943 (1979)

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Gravel v. United States, 408 U.S. 606 (1972)

Harrington v. Bush, 553 F.2d 190 (D.C. Cir. 1977)

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Lee v. Kelley, 99 F.R.D. 340 (D.D.C. 1983), aff'd sub nom. Southern Christian
Leadership Conference v. Kelley, 747 F.2d 777 (D.C. Cir. 1984) .

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Murphy v. Department of Army, 613 F.2d 1151 (D.C Cir. 1979)

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Peters v. Delaware River Port Auth., 16 F.3d 1346 (3d Cir. 1994)

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Statutes and Regulations

5 U.S.C. § 552(d).

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Miscellaneous

Jerry Seper, House Panel Invites Fiske To Testify, The Washington Times,
June 28, 1994

Jerry Seper, Leach Criticizes Narrowed Hearings, The Washington Times,
June 30, 1994

R. H. Davidson & W. J. Oleszak, Congress and Its Members (4th Ed. 1994)

Susan Schmidt, House Banking Panel Sets Whitewater Hearing Date, The
Washington Post, June 28, 1994

The Federalist No. 71 (A. Hamilton) (Buccaneer Books ed., 1992)

U.S. Const., art. I, § 5.

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