A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressSRES-501| Senate
| Updated: 2/13/2020
Jeff Merkley
Democratic Senator
Oregon
Cosponsors (1)
Rules and Administration Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
This resolution revises Senate procedures for impeachment trials, including to establish a process for obtaining testimony from witnesses and relevant documents in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President; make it out of order to consider a resolution or motion that would modify, supersede, waive, or be inconsistent with specified impeachment trial rules; and require the Presiding Officer to rule on any assertion of privilege or immunity in connection with the production of evidence in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S1079)
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Congressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightEvidence and witnessesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionLegislative rules and procedurePresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSenate
A resolution amending the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials to ensure adequate access to witnesses and documents in impeachment trials of a President or Vice President, and for other purposes.
USA116th CongressSRES-501| Senate
| Updated: 2/13/2020
This resolution revises Senate procedures for impeachment trials, including to establish a process for obtaining testimony from witnesses and relevant documents in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President; make it out of order to consider a resolution or motion that would modify, supersede, waive, or be inconsistent with specified impeachment trial rules; and require the Presiding Officer to rule on any assertion of privilege or immunity in connection with the production of evidence in an impeachment trial of the President or the Vice President.
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Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S1079)
Jeff Merkley
Democratic Senator
Oregon
Cosponsors (1)
Rules and Administration Committee
Congress
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
Congressional-executive branch relationsCongressional oversightEvidence and witnessesGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionLegislative rules and procedurePresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsSenate