[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8413-8414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 485--TO AUTHORIZE REPRESENTATION BY THE SENATE LEGAL 
 COUNSEL IN THE CASE OF COMMON CAUSE, ET AL. V. JOSEPH R. BIDEN, ET AL

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

                              S. Res. 485

       Whereas, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the Vice President of the 
     United States; Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the Senate; 
     Terrance W. Gainer, Senate Sergeant at Arms; and Elizabeth 
     MacDonough, Senate Parliamentarian, have been named as 
     defendants in the case of Common Cause, et al. v. Joseph R. 
     Biden, et al., No. 1:12cv00775, now pending in the United 
     States District Court for the District of Columbia;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(1) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of

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     1978, 2 U.S. C. 288b(a) and 288c(a)(1), the Senate may direct 
     its counsel to defend officers and employees of the Senate in 
     civil actions relating to their official responsibilities: 
     Now therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate Legal Counsel is authorized to 
     represent Joseph R. Biden, Jr., the Vice President of the 
     United States; Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the Senate; 
     Terrance W. Gainer, Senate Sergeant at Arms; and Elizabeth 
     MacDonough, Senate Parliamentarian, in the case of Common 
     Cause, et al. v. Joseph R. Biden, et al.

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