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  2. U.S. Constitution Annotated
  3. Article I. Legislative Branch
  4. Section VI
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    Section 6 Rights and Disabilities
    • Clause 1 Pay, Privileges, and Immunities

      The Senators and Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States. They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.

      • Compensation of Members of Congress
        • Privilege from Arrest
          • Speech or Debate
            • Overview of Speech or Debate Clause
              • Historical Background on Speech or Debate Clause
                • Activities to Which Speech or Debate Clause Applies
                  • Distraction Rationale and Speech or Debate Clause
                    • Communications Outside the Legislative Process
                      • Subpoena Power and Congress
                        • Persons Who Can Claim the Speech or Debate Privilege
                      • Clause 2 Bar on Holding Federal Office

                        No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.

                        • Overview of Federal Office Prohibition
                          • Ineligibility Clause (Emoluments or Sinecure Clause) and Congress
                            • Incompatibility Clause and Congress

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                          • Explanation of the Constitution - from the Congressional Research Service


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