Thread: Kerrys Biggest Lie Yet
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Old 05-17-2004, 19:51 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Trooth
I don't know US law, but i presume that lieing to the Senate carries some penalty? Certainly misleading parliament is a pretty serious offence here.
I don't think it does. I believe that elected officials can't be convict of a crime for anything they say on the floor of the Senate or the HOR. They could of course be expelled.
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