Speech and Debate Clause

From Conservapedia

In the United States Constitution Article one Section 6 Clause 1 the Speech and Debate Clause declares that members of both houses of congress:

“...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 from the same, and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.”

The purpose of the Speech and Debate Clause is to protect members from being arrested by the President or other representatives of the Executive branch on a ploy to inhibit them from voting a specific way or taking actions with which he/she might hold an opposing view.