[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S6961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    PROVIDING FOR ISSUANCE OF A SUMMONS AND FOR RELATED PROCEDURES 
  CONCERNING THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST JUDGE SAMUEL B. KENT

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of myself and the distinguished 
Republican leader, Mr. McConnell, I send to the desk a resolution that 
provides for the issuance of a summons to Judge Samuel B. Kent, for 
Judge Kent's answer to the Articles of Impeachment against him, and for 
a replication by the House, and ask for its immediate consideration.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the 
resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 202) to provide for issuance of a 
     summons and for related procedures concerning the articles of 
     impeachment against Samuel B. Kent.

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to the 
resolution.
  The resolution (S. Res. 202) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 202

       Resolved, That a summons shall be issued which commands 
     Samuel B. Kent to file with the Secretary of the Senate an 
     answer to the articles of impeachment no later than July 2, 
     2009, and thereafter to abide by, obey, and perform such 
     orders, directions, and judgments as the Senate shall make in 
     the premises, according to the Constitution and laws of the 
     United States.
       Sec. 2. The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to utilize the 
     services of the Deputy Sergeant at Arms or another employee 
     of the Senate in serving the summons.
       Sec. 3. The Secretary shall notify the House of 
     Representatives of the filing of the answer and shall provide 
     a copy of the answer to the House.
       Sec. 4. The Managers on the part of the House may file with 
     the Secretary of the Senate a replication no later than July 
     7, 2009.
       Sec. 5. The Secretary shall notify counsel for Samuel B. 
     Kent of the filing of a replication, and shall provide 
     counsel with a copy.
       Sec. 6. The Secretary shall provide the answer and the 
     replication, if any, to the Presiding Officer of the Senate 
     on the first day the Senate is in session after the Secretary 
     receives them, and the Presiding Officer shall cause the 
     answer and replication, if any, to be printed in the Senate 
     Journal and in the Congressional Record. If a timely answer 
     has not been filed, the Presiding Officer shall cause a plea 
     of not guilty to be entered.
       Sec. 7. The articles of impeachment, the answer, and the 
     replication, if any, together with the provisions of the 
     Constitution on impeachment, and the Rules of Procedure and 
     Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials, 
     shall be printed under the direction of the Secretary as a 
     Senate document.
       Sec. 8. The provisions of this resolution shall govern 
     notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in the Rules 
     of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on 
     Impeachment Trials.
       Sec. 9. The Secretary shall notify the House of 
     Representatives of this resolution.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which the 
resolution was agreed to.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I move to lay the motion on the table.
  Without objection, the motion to lay upon the table was agreed to.

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