The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution is one of eight subcommittees within the

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. The subcommittee was best known in the 1970s as the committee of

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, whose investigations and lobbying — together with

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and the

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— led to the passage of the

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*(2) Civil rights oversight *(3)

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*(4) Federal-state relations *(5)

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*(6) Commemorative Congressional Resolutions *(7)

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Members, 119th Congress

Historical subcommittee rosters

118th Congress

117th Congress

116th Congress

References

External links

Senate Judiciary Committee website, Subcommittee page

Govtrack.us site on subcommittee
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