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SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.

A.

Absence from the Senate not allowed without leave.

without leave, provisions for cases of

Address to the President of the United States, how and where to be
presented, (joint rule)..

no one admitted on the floor of the Senate for the purpose of
making an.

Adherence, effect of a vote of, to a disagreement, (joint rule).
Adjournment, motion for, has preference

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Admission on the floor, persons entitled to

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to the floor, no one allowed, for the purpose of presenting a

petition, memorial, or address.

Amendment to a bill, not to be received for discussion at the third reading
Amendments to appropriation bills, restrictions upon..............

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to a resolution to amend the Constitution carried by ma-
jority of votes only

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to the Constitution, the vote of upon any question short of
final question to be determined by a majority of votes...
to bills, conference upon, when the two Houses disagree,
(joint rule)..

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Appeal from a decision of the president, every question of order sub-
ject to....

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Appropriation bills, what amendments may not be proposed to
Attendance of members, when required, and how enforced

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Aye or no, assent or dissent of Senators to be expressed by answering..

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B.

Ballot, committees to be appointed by

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Bills, one day's notice required of an intended motion for leave to bring
in

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private, under consideration, may be referred to the Court of
Claims

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shall be printed after having been reported

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shall be read three times on three different days

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Bills, the final question upon, on second reading..

No.

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on a second reading, to be considered as in committee of the whole 28 the proceedings upon at different stages..

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titles of, only, and the parts affected by amendment, to be inserted
on the journal............

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engrossed, committee for their examination.

on their passage between the two Houses to be on paper, and un-
der the signature of the Secretary or Clerk, (joint rule)....

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passed by both Houses to be enrolled, (joint rule)..
enrolled, shall be examined by a committee, (joint rule).
enrolled, shall be signed by the presiding officers of the two
Houses, (joint rule)...

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passed by one House and lost in the other, notice to be given,
(joint rule)....

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passed by one House and rejected in the other, may be renewed
on ten days' notice, and leave of two-thirds, (joint rule)................
when sent from one House to the other, to be accompanied by the
papers on which founded, (joint rule)...

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not to be sent from one House to the other the three last days of a
session, (joint rule).

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not to be presented to the President the last day of the session,
(joint rule)....

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passed by one House, a limited number only to be printed by the
other, (joint rule).........

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enrolled and signed by the presiding officers, to be presented to
the President of the United States for approval, (joint rule)....-
resolutions, or reports, remaining undetermined at the close of a
session prior to the last of a Congress, to be resumed at the
succeeding session in statu quo, (joint rule).

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Blanks, in filling, the preferred motions

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Business, unfinished, at the last preceding adjournment, position of, on special orders.......

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before the Senate, order of

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undetermined, at the close of a first session of a Congress, to
be resumed at the next, in statu quo, (joint rule)
requiring secrecy, on a motion to shut the doors, the gallery
to be cleared

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C.

Capitol, intoxicating liquors not to be offered for sale, or exhibited within, (joint rule).

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parts of, appropriated to the Senate, to be under the regulation

of their President..

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Chair, members rising to speak shall address the
Chairman, when the Senate shall act as in Committee of the Whole, how
to be appointed, and his powers

of each standing committee to be appointed by ballot. ... Character, (of persons nominated,) remarks concerning, not to be di

vulged....

Claim, private, restrictions upon amendments providing for, in appropriation bills..

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Claims, papers relating to, not to be withdrawn from the files except in the manner prescribed.

Commitment, the effect of, upon a bill or resolution referred....

motion for, at all times in order before passage of a bill. Committees, standing, their number, and when to be appointed standing, to be appointed by ballot

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other than standing, to be appointed by plurality of votes..
standing and select: on motion to refer, the standing committe
has priority

standing, when reports from shall be received.

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reports of, to lie one day for consideration...

Committee on enrolled bills, (joint rule)..

on printing, what subjects shall be referred to.
joint library, (joint rule)..

Committee of the Whole, bills after second reading to be considered by the

Senate as in..

treaties or resolutions, when considered as in... Communications, confidential, from the President of the United States to

be kept secret.

Conference on disagreeing votes, rules respecting, (joint rule).
Confidence, violations of, how punishable.

Consent, bills may be read three times in one day by unanimous

nominations may be considered on the day received by unanimous Constitution of the United States, votes on amendment, short of final of the United States, proposed amendments to, to be treated as bills....

Conversation, among members, not allowed during debate, or while the journals and papers are reading.

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Court of Claims, a private bill may be referred by resolution to.

D.

Debate, no member to speak more than twice in one, the same day, without leave.

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not allowed before the decision of the President, on a call to order.
on a motion, not allowed until seconded....

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Division of a question, may be called for if the question contain several points.

equal, of the Senate, the President to determine

Documents, to be printed only by order of the Senate..

Duties of the Chair may be performed by substitution for one day.. Drawings and maps ordered to be printed, the Committee on Printing to supervise and direct the procuring of

E.

Enrolled bills to be examined by the committee, (joint rule)

provision for the appointment of committee on, (joint rule)
to be signed by the presiding officers of the two houses...
how to be presented to the President of the United States,
and the time to be noted, (joint rule)

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not to be presented to the President the last day of session,
(joint rule)

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Estimate of the cost of printing additional numbers, to accompany report.
Executive record, extracts from, prohibited..

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transcript from, to be furnished to the President of the
United States..

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Extract from the executive journal prohibited, except by special order...

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F.

Floor of the Senate, the persons entitled to admission on the

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G.

Galleries, when they shall be cleared...

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Grounds, public, adjacent to the Capitol, restrictions on the exhibition or sale of intoxicating liquors on, (joint rule)

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I.

Information, or remarks concerning the character or qualifications of per

sons nominated, to be kept secret.

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J.

No.

Journal to be read on a quorum assembling..

to contain the titles only of bills and the parts affected by pro-
posed amendments

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to be as concise as possible when Senate shall not act as in Com-
mittee of the Whole

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every vote to be entered on.

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a brief statement of every memorial, petition, and paper, to be
entered on.. - -

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L.

Leave of the Senate required on a motion to reconsider...

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Leave to bring in a bill, one day's previous notice of intention to ask for, required.

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required by a vote of two-thirds in case of a bill
rejected by both houses, (joint rule).......

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no member to speak more than twice the same
day, in one debate, without..

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Leave of absence from the service of the Senate to be asked

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Library, joint Committee on, (joint rule)..

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Liquors, intoxicating, not to be offered for sale within the Capitol or the adjacent public grounds, (joint rule).

M.

Maps and drawings, accompanying documents ordered to be printed, the
Committee on Printing to supervise and direct the
procuring of....

Members prohibited from speaking to each other during debate..
two, rising to speak, who shall be entitled, and the President to
designate

present, empowered to send for absent members..

Member, when he speaks, shall address the Chair.

whilst speaking, shall stand in his place.

after speaking, shall sit down....

shall speak but twice the same day in one debate without leave
of the Senate

first rising and addressing the Chair shall speak first..
called to order by the President or a senator shall sit down
words of a, shall be taken down when a call to order has been
made by a senator...

shall not absent himself from the service of the Senate without
leave

sent for shall be subject to the expense, unless excused...

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