To subpoena certain White House documents and records.
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Senate amendment submitted
January 21, 2020
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Senate amendment submitted
January 21, 2020
Roll call votes on amendments in Senate: Motion to table amendment SA 1284 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 15.
January 21, 2020
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1284 proposed by Senator Schumer.
January 21, 2020
Amendment SA 1284 proposed by Senator Schumer. (consideration: CR S385-386, S386-394; text: CR S385-386) To subpoena certain White House documents and records.
January 21, 2020
Motion to table amendment SA 1284 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 47. Record Vote Number: 15.
January 21, 2020
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SA 1284. Mr. SCHUMER proposed an amendment to the resolution S. Res. 483, to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States; as follows: At the appropriate place in the resolving clause, insert the following: [[Page S439]] Sec. ___. Notwithstanding any other provision of this resolution, pursuant to rules V and VI of the Rules of Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting on Impeachment Trials-- (1) the Chief Justice of the United States, through the Secretary of the Senate, shall issue a subpoena to the Acting Chief of Staff of the White House commanding him to produce, for the time period from January 1, 2019, to the present, all documents, communications, and other records within the possession, custody, or control of the White House, including the National Security Council, referring or relating to-- (A) all meetings and calls between President Trump and the President of Ukraine, including documents, communications, and other records related to the scheduling of, preparation for, and follow-up from the President's April 21 and July 25, 2019 telephone calls, as well as the President's September 25, 2019 meeting with the President of Ukraine in New York; (B) all investigations, inquiries, or other probes related to Ukraine, including any that relate in any way to-- (i) former Vice President Joseph Biden; (ii) Hunter Biden and any of his associates; (iii) Burisma Holdings Limited (also known as ``Burisma''); (iv) interference or involvement by Ukraine in the 2016 United States election; (v) the Democratic National Committee; or (vi) CrowdStrike; (C) the actual or potential suspension, withholding, delaying, freezing, or releasing of United States foreign assistance, military assistance, or security assistance of any kind to Ukraine, including but not limited to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF); (D) all documents, communications, notes, and other records created or received by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, then-National Security Advisor John R. Bolton, Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff Robert B. Blair, and other White House officials relating to efforts to-- (i) solicit, request, demand, induce, persuade, or coerce Ukraine to conduct or announce investigations; (ii) offer, schedule, cancel, or withhold a White House meeting for Ukraine's president; or (iii) hold and then release military and other security assistance to Ukraine; (E) meetings at or involving the White House that relate to Ukraine, including but not limited to-- (i) President Zelensky's inauguration on May 20, 2019, in Kiev, Ukraine, including but not limited to President Trump's decision not to attend, to ask Vice President Pence to lead the delegation, directing Vice President Pence not to attend, and the subsequent decision about the composition of the delegation of the United States; (ii) a meeting at the White House on or around May 23, 2019, involving, among others, President Trump, then-Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Ambassador Kurt Volker, then-Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and United States Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, as well as any private meetings or conversations with those individuals before or after the larger meeting; (iii) meetings at the White House on or about July 10, 2019, involving Ukrainian officials Andriy Yermak and Oleksander Danylyuk and United States Government officials, including, but not limited to, then-National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary Perry, Ambassador Volker, and Ambassador Sondland, to include at least a meeting in Ambassador Bolton's office and a subsequent meeting in the Ward Room; (iv) a meeting at the White House on or around August 30, 2019, involving President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Secretary of Defense Mark Esper; (v) a planned meeting, later cancelled, in Warsaw, Poland, on or around September 1, 2019 between President Trump and President Zelensky, and subsequently attended by Vice President Pence; and (vi) a meeting at the White House on or around September 11, 2019, involving President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Mr. Mulvaney concerning the lifting of the hold on security assistance for Ukraine; (F) meetings, telephone calls or conversations related to any occasions in which National Security Council officials reported concerns to National Security Council lawyers, including but not limited to National Security Council Legal Advisor, John Eisenberg, regarding matters related to Ukraine, including but not limited to-- (i) the decision to delay military assistance to Ukraine; (ii) the July 10, 2019 meeting at the White House with Ukrainian officials; (iii) the President's July 25, 2019 call with the President of Ukraine; (iv) a September 1, 2019 meeting between Ambassador Sondland and a Ukrainian official; and (v) the President's September 7, 2019 call with Ambassador Sondland; (G) any internal review or assessment within the White House regarding Ukraine matters following the September 9, 2019, request for documents from the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, including, but not limited to, documents collected that pertain to the hold on military and other security assistance to Ukraine, the scheduling of a White House meeting for the president of Ukraine, and any requests for investigations by Ukraine; (H) the complaint submitted by a whistleblower within the Intelligence Community on or around August 12, 2019, to the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community; (I) all meetings or calls, including requests for or records of meetings or telephone calls, scheduling items, calendar entries, White House visitor records, and email or text messages using personal or work-related devices between or among-- (i) current or former White House officials or employees, including but not limited to President Trump; and (ii) Rudolph W. Giuliani, Ambassador Sondland, Victoria Toensing, or Joseph diGenova; and (J) former United States Ambassador to Ukraine Marie ``Masha'' Yovanovitch, including but not limited to the decision to end her tour or recall her from the United States Embassy in Kiev; and (2) the Sergeant at Arms is authorized to utilize the services of the Deputy Sergeant at Arms or any other employee of the United States Senate in serving the subpoena authorized to be issued by this section. ______