HRES 509
112th Congress
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Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by…
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Agreed to (House)
Jan 25, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jan 10, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 10, 2012
Introduced in House
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Disapproves of the President's appointment of four federal officers or employees during a period when no congressional recess of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution.
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
64
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Poe, Ted
Ryan, Paul
SENSENBRENNER, F.
R
Stutzman, Marlin A.
R
Wittman, Robert J.
R
Latta, Robert E.
Mack, Connie
R
Scott, Tim
Pearce, Stevan
Farenthold, Blake
Fortenberry, Jeff
R
McCaul, Michael T.
R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Barletta, Lou
BRADY, KEVIN
R
Calvert, Ken
R
Carter, John R.
GOODLATTE, ROBERT
Gowdy, Trey
R
Griffith, H. Morgan
HERGER, WALLY
Lance, Leonard
Rooney, Thomas
R
Sessions, Pete
STEARNS, CLIFF
Tipton, Scott
Woodall, Rob
AKIN, W.
Austria, Steve
R
Bilirakis, Gus M.
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Bonner, Jo
Coffman, Mike
Conaway, K.
R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
R
DesJarlais, Scott
DUNCAN, JOHN
R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Franks, Trent
R
Gosar, Paul A.
R
Guthrie, Brett
Harper, Gregg
R
Harris, Andy
R
Huizenga, Bill
Hultgren, Randy
Jenkins, Lynn
JOHNSON, SAM
King, Steve
Labrador, Raul
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 509: Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-509/
"H. Res. 509: Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-509/.
H. Res. 509, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-509/.
[H. Res. 509: Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HRES-509/)