The Honorable Bob SCHAFFER, in his official capacity as a member of the United States House of Representatives; Walt Mueller, a Missouri State Senator; John R. Stoeffler, a United States taxpayer; Gregory D. Watson, a United States taxpayer and National Coordinator of the Political Movement to Ratify the 27th Amendment, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
William Jefferson CLINTON, President of the United States of America, in his official capacity; Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury, in his official capacity; Gary Sisco, Secretary of the United States Senate, in his official capacity; Jeff Trandahl, Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.
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February 13, 2001.
February 13, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William Perry Pendley (D. Andrew Wight with him on the briefs), Mountain States Legal Foundation, Denver, Colorado, for the Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Kerry W. Kircher, Deputy General Counsel (Geraldine R. Gennet, General Counsel, with him on the brief), Office of the General Counsel U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee Jeff Trandahl.
Douglas N. Letter, Appellate Litigation Counsel, United States Department of Justice (David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, United States Department of Justice, Patricia M. Bryan, Senate Legal Counsel, Morgan J. Frankel, Deputy Senate Legal Counsel, and Steven F. Huefner, and Allison Moore, Assistant Senate Legal Counsel, with him on the brief), Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellees William Jefferson Clinton, Robert E. Rubin and Gary Sisco.
Before LUCERO, McKAY and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
LUCERO, Circuit Judge.
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