[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 43 (Friday, April 7, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S2441]
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SENATE RESOLUTION 283--TO DIRECT THE SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL TO INTERVENE 
 IN THE NAME OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS AND THE SENATE 
  COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. NORTHWEST 
                      AIRLINES CORPORATION, ET AL.

  Mr. LOTT (for himself and Mr. Daschle) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 283

       Whereas, in the case of United States v. Northwest Airlines 
     Corporation, et al., Misc. No. 99-424, pending in the United 
     States District Court for the District of Columbia, defendant 
     Northwest Airlines, by seeking to compel the production of 
     documents of the United States General Accounting Office, has 
     placed in issue the privileges of the United States Senate 
     under the Speech or Debate Clause, Art. I, sec. 6, cl. 1, of 
     the United States Constitution;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(c), 706(a), and 713(a) of 
     the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. 288b(c), 
     288e(a), and 288l(a), the Senate may direct its counsel to 
     intervene in the name of a committee of the Senate in any 
     legal action in which the powers and responsibilities of 
     Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue: Now, 
     therefore, be it.
       Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is directed to 
     intervene in the name of the Senate Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Senate Committee on the Judiciary in 
     the case of United States v. Northwest Airlines Corporation, 
     et al., to protect the Senate's privileges under the Speech 
     or Debate Clause of the Constitution.

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