US Congress Senate Bill 1653 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)
Status: Introduced on September 8 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-09-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Federal Judgeship Act of 2009 - Directs the President to appoint specified additional: (1) permanent circuit judges for the first, second, third, sixth, and ninth circuit courts of appeals and temporary circuit judges for the third, eighth, and ninth circuits; and (2) permanent district judges for various districts in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, and Washington and temporary district judges for Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, and Virginia.

Federal Judgeship Act of 2009

Sen. Daniel Akaka [D-HI]	Sen. Evan Bayh [D-IN]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM]
Sen. Barbara Boxer [D-CA]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Tom Harkin [D-IA]	Sen. Daniel Inouye [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE]
Sen. John Kerry [D-MA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]
Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-09-08		Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9138-9139)
2009-09-08		Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9137-9138)

HB3662 (Related) 2009-09-29 - Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1653/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1653/BILLS-111s1653is.pdf