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In ''Fields v. Office of Johnson'', 459 F.3d 1 (2006), the [[D.C. Circuit]] ''[[en banc]]'' narrowed the scope of the Speech or Debate Clause such that it not impeded lawsuits by Capitol staff based on alleged discrimination:

In ''Fields v. Office of Johnson'', 459 F.3d 1 (2006), the [[D.C. Circuit]] ''[[en banc]]'' narrowed the scope of the Speech or Debate Clause such that it not impeded lawsuits by Capitol staff based on alleged discrimination:

{{cquote|Legislative immunity under the Speech or Debate Clause is limited to matters that are part of, or integral to, the due functioning of the legislative process. It is [*13]  [**44]  not enough that a Member's conduct is within the outer perimeter of the legislative process. Cf. Brewster, 408 U.S. at 513-16, 528.}}

{{cquote|Legislative immunity under the Speech or Debate Clause is limited to matters that are part of, or integral to, the due functioning of the legislative process. It is not enough that a Member's conduct is within the outer perimeter of the legislative process. ''Cf. Brewster'', 408 U.S. at 513-16, 528.}}

''Fields v. Office of Johnson'', 373 U.S. App. D.C. 32, 43-44, 459 F.3d 1, 12-13 (2006).

''Fields v. Office of Johnson'', 373 U.S. App. D.C. 32, 43-44, 459 F.3d 1, 12-13 (2006).

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