Speech #970137596

To file motions and petitions for further proceedings the Senate must now appear as a party. The Senates appearance in this case as a party would be consistent with the pattern in the case now in the Supreme Court concerning the legislative veto. Immigration and Naturalization Service against Chadha (Nos. 801832. 802170. and 802171). In that case. the Senate appeared first as amicus curiae in the court of appeals and then. after the ruling by the court of appeals. intervened as a party to petition for rehearing and for Supreme Court review. Section 706(a) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 authorizes the Senate to direct the Senate legal counsel to intervene in actions in the name of the Senate when the powers and responsibilities of the Congress under the Constitution are placed in issue.