Senate Manual Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions Affecting the Business of the United States SenateU.S. Government Printing Office, 1995 |
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... Senate . [ Changes to Senate rules since the last general revision in 1979 are indi- cated by footnotes in each succeeding edition of the Senate Manual . [ For the origin of various changes in Senate procedure between 1884 and 1979 , as ...
... Senate . [ Changes to Senate rules since the last general revision in 1979 are indi- cated by footnotes in each succeeding edition of the Senate Manual . [ For the origin of various changes in Senate procedure between 1884 and 1979 , as ...
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... Senate , except as other- wise provided by the rules . 2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one Con- 5.2 gress to the next Congress unless they are changed as pro- vided in these rules . RULE VI QUORUM — ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE ...
... Senate , except as other- wise provided by the rules . 2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one Con- 5.2 gress to the next Congress unless they are changed as pro- vided in these rules . RULE VI QUORUM — ABSENT SENATORS MAY BE ...
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... Senator shall lay before the Senate messages from the President , reports and com- munications from the heads of Departments , and other communications addressed to the Senate , and such bills , joint resolutions , and other messages ...
... Senator shall lay before the Senate messages from the President , reports and com- munications from the heads of Departments , and other communications addressed to the Senate , and such bills , joint resolutions , and other messages ...
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... Senate , 11.1 except original treaties finally acted upon , shall be with- drawn from its files except by order of the Senate . 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall obtain at the close 11.2 of each Congress all the noncurrent records of ...
... Senate , 11.1 except original treaties finally acted upon , shall be with- drawn from its files except by order of the Senate . 2. The Secretary of the Senate shall obtain at the close 11.2 of each Congress all the noncurrent records of ...
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... Senator shall , without debate , declare his assent or dissent to the question , unless excused by the Senate ; and no Senator shall be permitted to vote after the decision shall have been announced by the Presiding Officer , but may ...
... Senator shall , without debate , declare his assent or dissent to the question , unless excused by the Senate ; and no Senator shall be permitted to vote after the decision shall have been announced by the Presiding Officer , but may ...
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