VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

S.Res. 226 · 108th Congress

A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Josue Orta Rivera v.…

Full title

A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Josue Orta Rivera v. Congress of the United States of America, et al.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Agreed to without a recorded vote. It was agreed to by voice vote or unanimous consent, which don't record how each member voted.

BFR FristSponsor
1 cosponsor · 1 D

1 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 16, 2003
  2. Senate Passed Sep 16, 2003

Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent all Members of the Senate, the Vice President, the President Pro Tem, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and Congress, in the case of Josue Orta Rivera v. Congress of the United States of America, et al.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · Sep 16, 2003

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Authorizes the Senate Legal Counsel to represent all Members of the Senate, the Vice President, the President Pro Tem, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms, and Congress, in the case of Josue Orta Rivera v. Congress of the United States of America, et al.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution to authorize representation by the Senate Legal Counsel in the case of Josue Orta Rivera v. Congress of the United States of America, et al.

Latest action (Sep 16, 2003): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11587; text as passed Senate: CR S11587; text of measure as introduced: CR S11576-11577)

Policy area: Congress · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 16, 2003

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

  1. Senate Introduced Sep 16, 2003
  2. Senate Passed Sep 16, 2003

No recorded floor vote found.