Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States.

Bill: 116-hres-798
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2020-01-15
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional officers and employees

Congressional operations and organization

Congressional oversight

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

House of Representatives

Members of Congress

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2020-01-15
text: Received in the Senate.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-01-15
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This resolution (1) appoints Representatives Schiff, Nadler, Lofgren, Jeffries, Demings, Crow, and Garcia of Texas as managers to conduct the impeachment trial against the President; (2) requires the Senate to be informed of the appointment; and (3) authorizes the managers to exhibit the articles of impeachment to the Senate and take other necessary actions.</p>

action_date: 2020-01-15
action_desc: Passed House
text: <p>This resolution (1) appoints Representatives Schiff, Nadler, Lofgren, Jeffries, Demings, Crow, and Garcia of Texas as managers to conduct the impeachment trial against the President; (2) requires the Senate to be informed of the appointment; and (3) authorizes the managers to exhibit the articles of impeachment to the Senate and take other necessary actions.</p>

tv_txt: III 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 798 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 15, 2020 Received RESOLUTION Appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States.

That Mr. Schiff, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Jeffries, Mrs. Demings, Mr. Crow, and Ms. Garcia of Texas are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment trial against Donald John Trump, President of the United States, that a message be sent to the Senate to inform the Senate of these appointments, and that the managers so appointed may, in connection with the preparation and the conduct of the trial, exhibit the articles of impeachment to the Senate and take all other actions necessary, 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 applicable expense resolutions or from the applicable accounts of the House of Representatives. (2) Sending for persons and papers, and filing with the Secretary of the Senate, on the part of the House of Representatives, any pleadings, in conjunction with or subsequent to, the exhibition of the articles of impeachment that the managers consider necessary.

NANCY PELOSI,

Speaker of the House of Representatives Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk