[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15762]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 APPOINTING AND AUTHORIZING MANAGERS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF SAMUEL B. 
  KENT, A JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN 
                           DISTRICT OF TEXAS

  Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I send to the desk a resolution and ask 
unanimous consent for its immediate consideration.
  The Clerk read the title of the resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 565

       Resolved, That Mr. Schiff, Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California, 
     Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. Sensenbrenner 
     are appointed managers on the part of the House to conduct 
     the trial of the impeachment of Samuel B. Kent, a judge of 
     the United States District Court for the Southern District of 
     Texas, that a message be sent to the Senate to inform the 
     Senate of these appointments, and that the managers on the 
     part of the House may exhibit the articles of impeachment to 
     the Senate and take all other actions necessary in connection 
     with preparation for, and conduct of, the trial, which may 
     include the following:
       (1) Employing legal, clerical, and other necessary 
     assistants and incurring such other expenses as may be 
     necessary, to be paid from amounts available to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary under House Resolution 279, One Hundred 
     Eleventh Congress, agreed to March 31, 2009, or any other 
     applicable expense resolution on vouchers approved by the 
     Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary.
       (2) Sending for persons and papers, and filing with the 
     Secretary of the Senate, on the part of the House of 
     Representatives, any subsequent pleadings which they consider 
     necessary.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Michigan?
  There was no objection.
  The resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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