for any Speech ... Speech and Debate Clause. James Wilson, one of the principal architects of the Constitution, explained in his Lecture on Law (1791) the purpose of the clause: In order to ...

The Senate's budget blueprint has triggered a fight over wiping away the cost of tax-cut extensions in a bid to make them ...

This privilege arises from the “speech or debate” clause of Article I, section 6, which shields members of Congress from being “questioned in any other Place” about anything they said in a ...