[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5535]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            AUTHORIZING SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL REPRESENTATION

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 103, which was submitted 
earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 103) to authorize representation by 
     Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Steve Schonberg v. 
     Senator Mitch McConnell, et al.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a pro se civil 
action filed in Kentucky federal district court against Senator 
McConnell, Vice President Biden, and Senate Sergeant at Arms Gainer. 
Plaintiff claims that the Senate cloture rule is unconstitutional.
  This lawsuit, like previous suits challenging the cloture rule, is 
subject to jurisdictional defenses requiring dismissal. This resolution 
would authorize the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Senator 
McConnell, Vice President Biden, and Sergeant at Arms Gainer to seek 
dismissal of this suit.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the 
preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 103) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  (The resolution, with its preamble, is printed in today's Record 
under ``Submitted Resolutions.'')

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