3:00 AM congressional vote

[denton]

There is something in the dim, dark recesses of my memory that says a Congressman on his way to vote has immunity from arrest for minor offenses... possibly that explains his strange statement.

Later: Checked it out, and it is so. They are protected by The Constitution. I suppose charges could be filed later, but you can't arrest them when they are at work, or coming from or going to work.

Section 6. RIGHTS AND RESTRICTIONS OF MEMBERS

Clause 1. 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.