[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 17, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1646-S1647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    ISSUANCE OF A SUMMONS AND FOR RELATED PROCEDURES CONCERNING THE 
        ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST G. THOMAS PORTEOUS, JR.

  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 G. Thomas Porteous, 
Jr., for Judge Porteous's answer to the Articles of Impeachment against 
him, and for a replication by the House, and ask for its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 457) to provide for issuance of a 
     summons and for related procedures concerning the articles of 
     impeachment against G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.


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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the resolution.
  The resolution (S. Res. 457) was agreed to, as follows:

                              S. Res. 457

       Resolved, That a summons shall be issued which commands G. 
     Thomas Porteous, Jr. to file with the Secretary of the Senate 
     an answer to the articles of impeachment no later than April 
     7, 2010, 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 April 
     21, 2010.
       Sec. 5. The Secretary shall notify counsel for G. Thomas 
     Porteous, Jr. 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.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.

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