[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6109]
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  SENATE RESOLUTION 113--TO AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATION BY SENATE LEGAL 
                                COUNSEL

  Mr. GORTON (for Mr. Dole, for himself, and Mr. Daschle) submitted the 
following resolution; which was agreed to:

                              S. Res. 113

       Whereas, in the case of Committee for Judicial Review v. 
     The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Senator 
     Orrin Hatch, No. 1:95CV0770, pending in the United States 
     District Court for the District of Columbia, the plaintiff 
     has filed a complaint, seeking, among other relief, to 
     restrain the Committee on the Judiciary from conducting 
     confirmation hearings on the nomination of Peter C. Economus, 
     who has been nominated to be a United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Ohio;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(1) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec. 288b(a) 
     and 288c(a)(1)(1994), the Senate may direct its counsel to 
     defend committees and Members of the Senate in civil actions 
     relating to their official responsibilities: Now, therefore, 
     be it
       Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is authorized to 
     represent the Committee on the Judiciary, its chairman, 
     Senator Orrin G. Hatch, and the other members of the 
     Committee on the Judiciary in the case of Committee for 
     Judicial Review v. The United States Senate Committee on the 
     Judiciary, Senator Orrin Hatch.
     

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