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QUALIFICATIONS of persons nominated to be kept secret. Any remarks
concerning the......
QUESTIONS of order decided by the President without debate, subject to

appeal, and the Chair may call for the sense of the Senate upon them.
QUESTION is under debate no motion shall be received, except to adjourn,

&c., &c. (See Rule.) When a......

QUESTION in debate contains several points, any member may have the same
divided. When a...

QUESTION. On motion to strike out and insert, it shall not be in order to
move for a division of the............

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QUESTION taken by yeas and nays each member shall vote, unless for special
reasons he be excused. On every...
QUESTION. When yeas and nays are called, each member shall declare
openly, and without debate, his assent or dissent to the......
QUESTION, no member shall be permitted to vote, &c. (See Rule.) When
the decision shall have been announced from the Chair on a......
QUESTION decided may be reconsidered, on motion by one of the majority,
if made before the subject has gone out of possession of the Senate,
and if made on same day or within two next days of actual session. A 20
QUESTIONS shall be put by the President of the Senate, in the presence or
absence of the President of the United States, and the Senators shall
answer aye or no. All......
QUESTION, unless objected to, and then question on reference taken. Refer-
ence of petitions, &c., to be made as a matter of course without..... 24
QUESTION upon the second reading of every bill, resolution, &c., requiring
three readings, shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and read a
third time?" The final....

QUESTION shall be again put, "Whether it shall be engrossed and read a

third time?". Should a bill on third reading be committed and an amend-
ment reported, it shall again be read a second time, and the................
QUESTION on the printing of documents, reports, or other matter, (except
as stated in the rule,) shall be referred to the Committee on Printing.
Every....

QUESTION on reference to the standing committee shall first be put. When
motions are made for reference of the same subject to a select commit-
tee and to a standing committee, the.......

QUESTIONS on amendments to, and ratifications of treaties. (See Rule.)
Forms of....

QUESTION for amendments, or extending to the merits, being short of the
final question. When an amendment of the Constitution is under con-
sideration the concurrence of two-thirds shall not be requisite to decide

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QUESTION may have been decided by the Senate, in which two-thirds of the members present are necessary to carry the affirmative, any member who votes on that side which prevailed in the question may be at liberty to move for a reconsideration; and a motion for reconsideration shall be decided by a majority of votes. When any.. QUESTION may move for a reconsideration, which shall be decided by a majority of votes. When two-thirds are requisite, any member who votes on that side which prevailed in the...... QUESTION is being put, while the yeas and nays are being called, or while the ballots are being counted. Messengers are introduced in any state of business, except while a.

QUORUM being present, the business will proceed. The President having taken the chair, and a..

QUORUM, but a small majority of those present, may send for absent Senators, who shall pay the expenses, unless excused when a quorum is convened. A less number than a..

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RATIFICATION of treaty, (see Treaty-see Rule)...... RATIFICATION of amendments to treaties and of treaties. Questions on.... (See Rule)

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Read, to the end that any mistakes may be corrected. The chair being taken, and a quorum present, the journal will be................... READ any newspaper, while journals or public papers are being read, or a member is speaking, &c. No member shall speak to another, otherwise interrupt the business of the Senate, or..

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READ, no interruption to be made. While the journal or public papers are being....

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READ before debated.

A motion seconded shall be written if desired, de

livered in at table, and......

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READ. No person shall be admitted in the Senate to present any petition, address, &c., or hear any such......

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READ at the table. A brief statement of petitions, memorials, or papers to be made before being received or.....

READ [Morning] business after the journal is.....

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READ, after which it may be referred to a committee. No bill shall be committed until it shall have been twice.....

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READ a third time?" The final question on the second reading of every bill, &c., shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and............... READ, a second time, &c. Should a bill, &c., on third reading, be committed and an amendment reported, it shall again be....

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READ a first time for information only. Every treaty. READING of a paper is called for and objected to, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate and without debate. When the..

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READING. All bills reported by a committee to be printed after the first. 25
READINGS previous to its being passed, and the President shall give notice
whether it be the first, second, or third which readings shall be on
different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise. Every
bill shall receive three.......

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READING shall first be considered in Committee of the Whole before being
taken up in Senate, unless otherwise ordered. All bills on second... 28
READING of any bill, resolution, &c., requiring three readings, shall be,
"Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?" The final
question upon the second.....

READING of any bill, &c., unless by unanimous consent; but it may be
committed, &c. No amendment received at a third....
READING of a treaty shall be on a subsequent day, for consideration in
Committee of the Whole. The second....

RECEIVED or read at the table. A brief statement of petitions, memorials,
or papers to be made before being

RECEIVED at the third reading of any bill, &c., unless by unanimous con-
sent. No amendment.....

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RECONSIDER shall not be withdrawn without leave. A n.otion to........
RECONSIDERATION not in order after a hill, resolution, message, report,
amendment, or motion, upon which the vote was taken, shall have
gone out of the possession of the Senate, announcing the decision, ex-
cept a resolution confirming or rejecting a nomination. A motion for 20
RECONSIDERATION shall not be in order unless made on same day the vote

was taken, or within the two next days of actual session of the Senate
thereafter. A motion for
RECONSIDERATION of a nomination, if the resolution announcing the de-
cision of the Senate has been sent to the President, shall always be
accompanied by a motion requesting the President to return the same
to the Senate. A motion for........
RECONSIDERATION of a question decided may be made, on motion by one
of the majority, before the subject has gone out of the possession of the
Senate, if made same day or within two next days of actual session
thereafter. A...

RECONSIDERATION; and a motion for reconsideration shall be decided by
a majority of votes. When any question may have been decided by
the Senate, in which two-thirds of the members present are necessary
to carry the affirmative, any member who votes on that side which pre-
vailed in the question may be at liberty to move for a .......
RECORD of the Senate; but no further extract from the executive journal
shall be furnished, except by special order, &c. The President of the
United States shall, from time to time, be furnished with an authenti-
cated transcript of the executive

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REFERENCE of petitions, memorials, and papers to committees, made as a
matter of course, unless objected to, and then the question to be taken
on the reference

REFERENCE to the standing committee shall first be put. When motions
are made for reference of the same subject to a select committee and to
a standing committee, the question on ....
REFERRED to a committee. No bill shall be committed or amended until
twice read, after which it may be.......
REFERRED to the Committee to audit and control the contingent expenses
of the Senate. Resolutions for payment of money out of, or creating
a charge on the contingent fund of the Senate, shall be......
REFERRED to a committte, any other subject or matter of a similar nature
may, on motion, be referred to such committee. When any subject or
matter shall have been...

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REFERRING them at subsequent sessions, unless error be stated to exist in
the report, or new evidence be producced. Not in order to move to take
papers or rejected claims from the files for the purpose of...... .... 49
REGULATION of such parts of the Capitol as may be set apart for the use

of the Senate and its officers. The presiding officer of the Senate shall
have the

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REJECTED claim from the files for reference, unless error in report or new
evidence be produced. Not in order to take the papers of a.........
REMARKS touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any

person nominated by the President to office shall be kept secret. All
information or....

REPORTED by the committee, the bill, &c., shall again be read a second
time, &c., Should a bill on the third reading be committed, and an
amendment be..

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REPORTS of committees to be called for after petitions in morning business 24
REPORTS of committees shall lie on the table one day for consideration. All 26
REPORTS of the Committee on Printing, in favor of printing additional
numbers, to be accompanied by an estimate of the cost...
REPORT of a committee, in writing, adverse to a claim, to preclude its re-
newal, without error be shown in report, or new evidence produced,
&c......

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RESOLUTION, as in Committee of the Whole, a chairman may be appointed,
&c. When the Senate shall consider a.
RESOLUTION, &c., requiring three readings, shall be, "Whether it shall
be engrossed and read a third time?" The final question on the second
reading of any bill ................
RESOLUTIONS on third reading to be amended only by unanimous consent. 29
RESOLUTION of ratification of treaties. Forms of questions and proceedings
on (see Rule)..............

RESOLUTION take off the injunction of secrecy. The Senate may by

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RESOLUTIONS proposing amendments to the Constitution, or to which the
approbation of the President may be necessary, or which may grant
money out of the contingent or any other fund, shall be treated, in all
respects, in the introduction and form of proceedings on them in the
Senate, in a similar manner with bills. All................
RESOLUTIONS (than the above) shall lie on

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the table one day for consider-
ation, and also reports of committees. All other.....
RESOLUTIONS directing the payment of money out of the contingent fund
of the Senate, or creating a charge on the same, shall be referred to
the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses....
RESOLUTIONS the same as on bills. Action on joint. (See Bills.)
REVOLUTIONARY Claims, to consist of five members. A standing Com-
mittee on

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RULES, the President shall, or a member may, call to order. When a
member shall transgress the...

RULES. One day's notice required for a motion to amend, suspend, or
modify a rule..

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SEAT, or sit down. When a member has finished speaking he shall take

his
SECONDED. No motion shall be debated until the same shall be.....
SECONDED shall be written, if desired by the President. Motions
SECONDED to shut the doors, the gallery shall be cleared, &c. On a motion
made and .....

SECRECY, the President shall order the gallery to be cleared, and the doors
shall remain shut during the discussion. On motion made and seconded
to shut the doors, on discussion of business which may, in the opinion
of a member, require

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SECRECY of the Senate. Penalty of an officer or member for violating the
injunction of.......

SECRET; and all treaties which may be laid before the Senate shall also be
kept secret until the Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the
injunction of secrecy. All confidential communications made by the
President of the United States to the Senate shall be, by the members
thereof, kept

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SECRET. All information or remarks touching or concerning the character
or qualifications of any person nominated by the President to office
shall be kept a.....

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SECRETARY shall take the decision of the President. When the Senate are
equally divided, the

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SECRETARY of the Senate shall enter engrossed bills as correctly engrossed

upon the journal. The..

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