Authorizing the Committee on the Judiciary to inspect and receive certain tax returns and tax return information for the purposes of its investigation into whether United States District Judge G. Thomas Porteous should be impeached, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
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- IntroducedSep 30, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the Committee on the Judiciary to inspect and receive certain tax returns and return information in closed executive session for purposes of its investigation into whether U.S. District Court Judge G. Thomas Porteous should be impeached.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 30, 2009.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | Original | Sep 30, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2009Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Congress
- Congressional committees
- Congressional oversight
- Federal district courts
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government studies and investigations
- House Committee on the Judiciary
- House of Representatives
- Judges
- Louisiana
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 1
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- Sep 30, 2009Introduced in House
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