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H. Res. 424 111th Congress House

Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Introduced: May 12, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
May 12, 2009
On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H5444-5445)
May 12, 2009
Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H5444-5445)
May 12, 2009
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H5444-5445)
May 12, 2009
Committee on Rules discharged.
May 12, 2009
Ms. Slaughter asked unanimous consent to discharge from committee and consider.
May 12, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
May 12, 2009
Introduced in House
May 12, 2009
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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 Latest action May 12, 2009

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

 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 and directs the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 424: Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-424/
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"H. Res. 424: Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-424/.
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H. Res. 424, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-424/.
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[H. Res. 424: Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to inquire whether the House should impeach Samuel B. Kent, a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-424/)
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