Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)

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Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress) was the U.S. Senate measure that established the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to investigate the Watergate scandal.

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instanceOf United States Senate resolution
legislative measure
alsoKnownAs Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
surface form: S. Res. 60 (93rd Congress)

Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
surface form: Senate Resolution 60 of the 93rd Congress
appliesTo individuals and entities involved in the Watergate break-in and cover-up
presidential campaign committees
areaOfLaw campaign finance and presidential elections
congressional investigations
congressNumber 93rd United States Congress
surface form: 93rd Congress
country United States of America
createdCommittee Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
surface form: Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
establishedBody Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
hasJurisdictionOver activities related to the 1972 presidential election
presidential campaign activities
historicalSignificance initiated formal Senate investigation into Watergate
legislativeBody United States Senate
legislativeChamber Senate
legislativeType simple resolution
oversightMechanism select committee with investigative powers
purpose to establish the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
to investigate the Watergate scandal
relatedEvent Watergate scandal
relatedInvestigation United States Senate Watergate Committee
surface form: Senate Watergate hearings
relatedTo Nixon administration
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
surface form: United States Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities

United States congressional oversight
subjectOf Watergate scandal
surface form: Watergate scandal investigations
timePeriod early 1970s
topic abuse of political power
executive branch misconduct

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Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities legalBasis Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress) alsoKnownAs Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
this entity surface form: S. Res. 60 (93rd Congress)
Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress) alsoKnownAs Senate Resolution 60 (93rd Congress)
this entity surface form: Senate Resolution 60 of the 93rd Congress