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1 INTERIM RESOLUTION 2019-005 2 3 REQUESTING THAT THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ENCOURAGE THE 4 UNITED STATES SENATE TO EXERCISE ITS FULL CONSTITUTIONAL 5 AUTHORITY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE IMPEACHMENT 6 PROCESS AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP AND CONDEMNING THE 7 ACTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN PASSING 8 AND HOLDING ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD J. 9 TRUMP. 10 11 WHEREAS, each member of the United States Congress took an oath to 12 uphold the United States Constitution and serve the people of the United 13 States; and 14 15 WHEREAS, the United States Constitution limits the use of impeachment 16 to the rare cases of high crimes and misdemeanors; and 17 18 WHEREAS, in the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton warned of the 19 danger of impeachment becoming a partisan exercise based on the comparative 20 strength of the parties instead of actual guilt or innocence; and 21 22 WHEREAS, the articles of impeachment passed by some members of the 23 United States House of Representatives against President Trump fail to rise 24 to the constitutional requirement of high crimes and misdemeanors and, for 25 the first time in history, cite no alleged violation of federal law; and 26 27 WHEREAS, the articles of impeachment were passed over bipartisan 28 opposition in a rushed, partisan manner without providing President Trump the 29 opportunity to call witnesses; and 30 31 WHEREAS, there are many serious issues that the United States Congress 32 is responsible for and should be addressing, including protecting taxpayers' 33 money from waste, maintaining our military for times of declared war, 34 securing our borders through proper immigration and naturalization laws, and 35 leaving all unenumerated powers to the control of the individual states; and 36 01-17-2020 13:07 IR-2019-005 I.R. 2019-005 1 WHEREAS, this resolution commends the four (4) members of the Arkansas 2 congressional delegation to the United States House of Representatives, all 3 of whom voted against the articles of impeachment; and 4 5 WHEREAS, this resolution urges the two (2) United States Senators 6 representing Arkansas to continue focusing on serving the people of Arkansas 7 and to work to end this partisan impeachment process as quickly as possible; 8 and 9 10 WHEREAS, the United States House of Representatives, having exercised 11 its full authority, should immediately transmit the articles of impeachment 12 to the United States Senate; and 13 14 WHEREAS, President Donald J. Trump was duly elected by the people of 15 this great nation in accordance with the requirements of the United States 16 Constitution, and members of the United States Congress should respect their 17 oath of office and the will of the people, 18 19 NOW THEREFORE, 20 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ARKANSAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE NINETY-SECOND 21 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 22 23 THAT the Arkansas Legislative Council encourage the United States 24 Senate to exercise its full constitutional authority as quickly as possible 25 regarding the impeachment process against President Donald J. Trump. 26 27 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Arkansas Legislative Council hereby 28 condemn the actions of the members of the United States House of 29 Representatives in passing and holding the articles of impeachment against 30 President Donald J. Trump, the duly elected President of the United States, 31 instead of performing the serious work required by the United States 32 Constitution that the American people elected them to fulfill and that each 33 member swore an oath to uphold. 34 35 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be delivered to 36 President Donald J. Trump, the Clerk of the United States House of 2 I.R. 2019-005 1 Representatives, the Secretary of the United States Senate, and the members 2 of the Arkansas congressional delegation. 3 4 5 Respectfully submitted, 6 7 8 9 Senator Missy Irvin 10 District 18 11 12 13 14 Senator Alan Clark 15 District 13 16 17 18 19 Senator Bob Ballinger 20 District 5 21 22 23 24 Senator Bart Hester 25 District 1 26 27 28 29 Senator Mark Johnson 30 District 15 31 32 33 34 Senator Lance Eads 35 District 7 36 3 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 3 Senator Jonathan Dismang 4 District 28 5 6 7 8 Senator Breanne Davis 9 District 16 10 11 12 13 Senator Kim Hammer 14 District 33 15 16 17 18 Senator Ricky Hill 19 District 29 20 21 22 23 Senator David Wallace 24 District 22 25 26 27 28 Senator Terry Rice 29 District 9 30 31 32 33 Senator Jane English 34 District 34 35 36 4 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 Senator Trent Garner 3 District 27 4 5 6 7 Senator Jason Rapert 8 District 35 9 10 11 12 Senator Jim Hendren 13 District 2 14 15 16 17 Senator Mathew Pitsch 18 District 8 19 20 21 22 Senator Scott Flippo 23 District 17 24 25 26 27 Senator Gary Stubblefield 28 District 6 29 30 31 32 Senator Cecile Bledsoe 33 District 3 34 35 36 5 I.R. 2019-005 1 Senator Blake Johnson 2 District 20 3 4 5 6 Senator John Cooper 7 District 21 8 9 10 11 Senator James Sturch 12 District 19 13 14 15 16 Senator Jimmy Hickey, Jr 17 District 11 18 19 20 21 Senator Ronald Caldwell 22 District 23 23 24 25 26 Senator Bill Sample 27 District 14 28 29 30 31 Representative Sonia Eubanks Barker 32 District 7 33 34 35 36 Representative Rick Beck 6 I.R. 2019-005 1 District 65 2 3 4 5 Representative Mary Bentley 6 District 73 7 8 9 10 Representative Stan Berry 11 District 68 12 13 14 15 Representative Justin Boyd 16 District 77 17 18 19 20 Representative Ken Bragg 21 District 15 22 23 24 25 Representative Harlan Breaux 26 District 97 27 28 29 30 Representative Karilyn Brown 31 District 41 32 33 34 35 Representative Frances Cavenaugh 36 District 60 7 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 3 4 Representative Craig Christiansen 5 District 47 6 7 8 9 Representative Joe Cloud 10 District 71 11 12 13 14 Representative Bruce Coleman 15 District 81 16 17 18 19 Representative Cameron Cooper 20 District 44 21 22 23 24 Representative Bruce Cozart 25 District 24 26 27 28 29 Representative Cindy Crawford 30 District 76 31 32 33 34 Representative Carol Dalby 35 District 1 36 8 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 3 Representative Marsh Davis 4 District 61 5 6 7 8 Representative Jana Della Rosa 9 District 90 10 11 12 13 Representative Jon S. Eubanks 14 District 74 15 16 17 18 Representative Brian S. Evans 19 District 43 20 21 22 23 Representative Charlene Fite 24 District 80 25 26 27 28 Representative Lanny Fite 29 District 23 30 31 32 33 Representative Jack Fortner 34 District 99 35 36 9 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 Representative Jimmy Gazaway 3 District 57 4 5 6 7 Representative Spencer Hawks 8 District 70 9 10 11 12 Representative David Hillman 13 District 13 14 15 16 17 Representative Grant Hodges 18 District 96 19 20 21 22 Representative Douglas House 23 District 40 24 25 26 27 Representative Jasen Kelly 28 District 28 29 30 31 32 Representative Mark Lowery 33 District 39 34 35 36 10 I.R. 2019-005 1 Representative Robin Lundstrum 2 District 87 3 4 5 6 Representative Roger D. Lynch 7 District 14 8 9 10 11 Representative John Maddox 12 District 20 13 14 15 16 Representative Gayla H. McKenzie 17 District 92 18 19 20 21 Representative Ron McNair 22 District 98 23 24 25 26 Representative Josh Miller 27 District 66 28 29 30 31 Representative John Payton 32 District 64 33 34 35 36 Representative Clint Penzo 11 I.R. 2019-005 1 District 88 2 3 4 5 Representative Rebecca Petty 6 District 94 7 8 9 10 Representative Aaron Pilkington 11 District 69 12 13 14 15 Representative Marcus E. Richmond 16 District 21 17 18 19 20 Representative Laurie Rushing 21 District 26 22 23 24 25 Representative Johnny Rye 26 District 54 27 28 29 30 Representative Keith Slape 31 District 83 32 33 34 35 Representative Brandt Smith 36 District 58 12 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 3 4 Representative Stu Smith 5 District 63 6 7 8 9 Representative Nelda Speaks 10 District 100 11 12 13 14 Representative Dan Sullivan 15 District 53 16 17 18 19 Representative Dwight Tosh 20 District 52 21 22 23 24 Representative Jeff Wardlaw 25 District 8 26 27 28 29 Representative Les Warren 30 District 25 31 32 33 34 Representative Carlton Wing 35 District 38 36 13 I.R. 2019-005 1 2 3 Representative Jim Wooten 4 District 45 5 Prepared by: JLL/JLL 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 14 .
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