[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 72 (Wednesday, May 3, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6126-S6127]
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          TO AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATION BY SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Senate Resolution 113, 
submitted earlier today by Senators Dole and Daschle, authorizing 
representation by Senate legal counsel.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 113) to authorize representation by 
     Senate Legal Counsel.

  Mr. GORTON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
resolution be considered and agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and 
the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any 
statements relating to the resolution appear at the appropriate place 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  [[Page S6127]] So the resolution (S. Res. 113) was considered and 
agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, is as follows:
                              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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