[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3160]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  APPOINTING AND AUTHORIZING MANAGERS FOR THE IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGE G. 
                          THOMAS PORTEOUS, JR.

  Mr. SCHIFF. 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 California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the resolution is as follows:

                              H. Res. 1165

       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 G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., a 
     Judge for the United State District Court for the Eastern 
     District of Louisiana, 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 15, One Hundred 
     Eleventh Congress, agreed to January 13, 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 resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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