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A resolution to authorize testimony and legal representation in State of Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick.

Introduced: April 29, 2008 See on congress.gov

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Apr 29, 2008

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3461-5362; text as passed Senate: CR S3462; text of measure as introduced: CR S3514)

Apr 29, 2008

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S3461-5362; text as passed Senate: CR S3462; text of measure as introduced: CR S3514)

Apr 29, 2008

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

Authorizes: (1) Carol Woodcock to testify in the cases of State of Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick, except concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted; and (2) the Senate Legal Counsel to represent Carol Woodcock, and any other employee of the Senator from whom evidence may be sought in such cases.

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Cosponsors 1

McConnell, Mitch

Kentucky · Apr 29, 2008

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 539: A resolution to authorize testimony and legal representation in State of Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-539/

MLA

"S. Res. 539: A resolution to authorize testimony and legal representation in State of Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-539/.

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S. Res. 539, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-539/.

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[S. Res. 539: A resolution to authorize testimony and legal representation in State of Maine v. Douglas Rawlings, Jonathan Kreps, James Freeman, Henry Braun, Robert Shetterly, and Dudley Hendrick.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-SRES-539/)