HUAC, the House Un-American Activities Committee
Human Un-American Activities Committee: congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States: to investigate possible subversives activities by Fascists, Nazis, or communists
The House Un-American Activities Committee
the 2nd congressional
The Un-American Activities Committee was established in 1937 to investigate subversive movements. The problem the Americans had was the supporting people within the organization.
Congress, actually the Senate, empaneled a committee titled The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities chaired by Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina to investigate the activities of the participants in the incident that later became known as the Watergate Scandal. After those hearings, the House of Representatives created a committee chaired by Representative Peter Rodino of New Jersey to draft Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon.
Human Un-American Activities Committee: congressional committee that investigated possible subversive activities within the United States: to investigate possible subversives activities by Fascists, Nazis, or communists
Un-American Activities Committee
The name for a committee formed temporarily for a specific task is an ad hoc committee.
The House Un-American Activities Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee
investigate illegal activities concerning the Watergate break-in
to investigate communist activity within America
Congressional oversight activities generally take place at the committee and subcommittee level.
Congressional oversight activities generally take place at the committee and subcommittee level.
standing committee
National Republican Congressional Committee was created in 1886.
The House Committee on Un-American activities was created to investigate disloyalty and subversive organizations between 1938 to 1975.. It was originally created in 1938 to uncover citizens with Nazi ties within the United States.