1.   At the Washington hearing, Hiss challenged Chambers to make his charges outside of the hearing room, without congressional immunity.

2.   But he noted that in the past, congressional immunity spoiled the chances of any criminal prosecution and that Justice Department officials generally discouraged it.

3.   But the expulsion strips him of congressional immunity and makes possible his arrest, which authorities said is imminent.

4.   Normally such testimony is afforded Congressional immunity from prosecution or lawsuits.

5.   Under the proposed agreement with the attorneys general, a national settlement providing congressional immunity from class-action lawsuits would supersede the state settlements.

6.   Police could not detain him because of his congressional immunity, which only Congress can remove.

7.   Pinochet was stripped of his congressional immunity last month, paving the way for his trial on human rights charges.

8.   A court this week stripped him of his congressional immunity, paving the way for prosecution.

9.   As a result of one of the complaints, he was stripped of his congressional immunity, paving the way for his trial.

10.   Because he has congressional immunity, he was not arrested.