HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House of Representatives on Thursday [3-14-19] passed a resolution calling for special counsel Robert Mueller’s report to be released to the public once it is completed. The vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, with 420 members voting in favor of the resolution and zero voting against it. Four Republicans voted present. The resolution is not legally binding, but passing it gives Democrats an opportunity to keep a spotlight on the issue as they work to put pressure on the Justice Department to disclose as much of Mueller’s findings in the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election as possible. The resolution calls for whatever report Mueller gives the attorney general to be publicly released in full, with the exception of classified or grand jury information. It also calls for the entire report to be given to Congress. On Thursday afternoon, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York attempted to bring the Mueller report resolution to the Senate floor by asking for unanimous consent and calling for the Senate to pass the measure. But the effort did not move forward after Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina interjected and asked that the resolution be modified to call for Attorney General William Barr to appoint a special counsel to investigate the Department of Justice’s handling of the Clinton email investigation and other matters.”
–Clare Foran, “House passes resolution calling for public release of Mueller report,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 14, 2019 5:00 pm