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SECRETARY of the Senate shall also attend to take the minutes of the Senate. When the Senate shall be convened by the President of the United States to any other place, the President of the Senate and Senators shall attend at the place appointed; the.. SECRETARY, the principal or executive clerk, the sergeant-at-arms, and doorkeeper, and the assistant doorkeeper. When acting on confidential or executive business, the Senate shall be cleared of all persons, except the SECRETARY, on the next day after such proccedings may occur, shall return to the President of the United States all nominations approved or definitely acted on by the Senate.... SECRETARY without an order of the Senate for that purpose. No paper, except original treaties, transmitted to the Senate by the President of the United States or any executive officer, shall be returned or delivered from the office of the SECRETARY, who shall previously endorse the final determination of the Senate thereon. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives by the.............

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SECRETARY and other officers of the Senate to take and subscribe the cath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1862..... SELECT committee and to a standing committee, the question on reference to the standing committee shall first be put. When motions are made for reference of the same subject to a..... SENATE each day. Preliminary proceedings on the assembling of the.... SENATE. No member shall speak to another, or otherwise interrupt the business of the......

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SENATE. No member shall speak more than twice in any one debate, on

same day, without leave of the....

SENATE. Any member called to order shall sit down, and not proceed without leave of the.

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SENATE. Every question of order decided by the President, without debate, subject to an appeal to the......

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SENATE he shall be called to order, &c. If any member transgress the rules of the..

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SENATE may send for absent members. A less number than a quorum of the......

SENATE on any question of order. The President may call for the sense of the

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SENATE shall convene they may send for absent members. In case a less number than a quorum of the (See Rule).......

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SENATE without leave first obtained. No member shall absent himself from the service of the.......

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SENATE when a quorum is convened. Excuse by absent members to be made to the

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SENATE. A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of the...

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SENATE and without debate. When the reading of a paper is called for and objected to it shall be determined by a vote of the. SENATE was engaged at the last preceding adjournment shall have preference in the special orders of the day. The unfinished business in which the..... SENATE may for special reason excuse a member from voting. The..... 16 SENATE or House the names taken alphabetically. Upon a call of the... 16 SENATE on business requiring secrecy, the gallery shall be cleared, &c. On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the.................................. SENATE chamber to present any petition, memorial, or address, or to hear any such read. No motion in order to admit any person whatsoever within the doors of the......

SENATE. A motion to reconsider not in order when the matter has gone out of the possession of the............

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SENATE are equally divided, the Secretary shall take the decision of the President. When the.... SENATE shall be received and read at the table, a brief verbal statement of its contents shall be made by the President or the member introducing it. Before any petition, &c., addressed to the. (See Rule)......... 24 SENATE. All bills reported by a committee after first reading shall be printed for the use of the......

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SENATE without special order. No paper or document, except a bill reported by a committee, shall be printed for the use of the.. SENATE in a similar manner with bills. All joint resolutions, and those granting money, shall be treated in proceedings on them in......... 26 SENATE unanimously direct otherwise. Every bill shall receive three readings, on different days, unless the.....

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SENATE shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution, as in Committee of the Whole, the Vice-President or President pro tempore may call a member to fill the chair, &c. When the.......

SENATE in the same manner as if the Senate were in Committee of the Whole, before they shall be taken up and proceeded on by the Senate, agreeably to the standing rules, unless otherwise ordered. All bills, on a second reading, shall be considered by the ...... SENATE during that session, or moved by direction of a committee of the Senate, &c., may be received to a general appropriation bill. An amendment to carry out the provisions of any act or resolution passed by the......

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SENATE shall proceed to consider a special order taken up, unless postponed by vote of the Senate. The...

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SENATE. Special orders shall not lose their position on the calendar, ex cept by direction of the...

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SENATE. Special orders to have precedence over general orders, unless
postponed by a vote of the.....

SENATE, when not acting as in Committee of the Whole, shall be entered
on the journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to detail a true
and accurate account of the proceedings; but every vote of the Senate
shall be entered on the journal, and a brief statement of the contents
of each petition, memorial, or paper presented to the Senate shall also
be inserted on the journal. The proceedings of the ....
SENATE. The Committee on Engrossed Bills shall examine all bills,
amendments, resolutions, or motions before they go out of the posses-
sion of the..
SENATE will proceed by ballot to appoint the chairman of standing com-
mittees, and the other members, and also all other committees.
(See Rule)......

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SENATE, a future day shall be assigned, unless the Senate unanimously
direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration. When nomina-
tions shall be made in writing by the President of the United States to
the....

SENATE in the Senate chamber, the President of the Senate shall have a
chair on the floor, be considered as the head of the Senate, and his
chair shall be assigned to the President of the United States. When
the President of the United States shall meet the..
SENATE shall be convened by the President of the United States to any
other place, the President of the Senate and Senators shall attend at
the place appointed. The Secretary of the Senate shall also attend to
take the minutes of the Senate. When the......

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SENATE on treaties communicated by the President. Proceedings of the.. 38
SENATE shall be by the members thereof kept secret until the Senate

remove the injunction of secrecy. All treaties and confidential com.
munications made by the President of the United States to the....... 39
SENATE relative to the character or qualifications of any person nominated

to office shall be kept secret. All information or remarks made in the 40
SENATE shall be cleared of all persons, except the Secretary and the prin-
cipal or the executive clerk, the sergeant-at-arms, and doorkeeper and
assistant doorkeeper. When acting on confidential or executive busi-
ness, the..

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SENATE shall be kept in separate and distinct books. The legislative pro-
ceedings, the executive proceedings, and the confidential legislative
proceedings of the....

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SENATE shall be returned by the Secretary on the next day after such
action is had, &c. All nominations approved or definitely acted on by
the......

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SENATE for that purpose. No paper, except original treaties, transmitted
to the Senate by the President of the United States, or any executive
officer, shall be returned or delivered from the office of the Secretary
without an order of the.....
SENATE, &c. The President of the United States shall, from time to time,
be furnished with an authenticated transcript of the executive records
of the........

SENATE thereon. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives
by the Secretary, who shall previously endorse the final determination
ot the.

SENATE. Description of persons (and none others) who shall be admitted
on the floor of the...

SENATE shall have the regulation of such parts of the Capitol, and of its
passages, as are or may be set apart for use of the Senate and its
officers. The Presiding Officer of the......

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SENATE. Restriction on presenting rejected claims to the. (See Rule).. 49
SENATE. Penalty of an officer or member for violating the confidence of
the.

SENATE.

The Senators and Secretary, before entering upon their duties,
shall take and subscribe the oath prescribed by the act of July 2, 1862,
in open......

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SENATORS of the United States. (See Members.)

SENSE of the Senate on any question of order. The President may call for
the......

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Sergeant-at-ARMS, or any other authorized person, may be sent for absent
members. The....

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SERGEANT-AT-ARMS and doorkeeper and assistant doorkeeper admitted
in secret session. The.......
SESSION. Organization and commencement of business of each day's...
SESSION, should less than a quorum appear, absent members may be sent
for, &c. At the commencement or during any..................
SESSION of the Senate, if the matter is in possession of the Senate. A
motion for reconsideration may be made within two next days of
actual..

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SHUT the doors, the gallery shall be cleared. On a motion made and
seconded to....

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SPEAK shall address the Chair, stand at his place, and sit down when
finished. Every member rising to....

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SPEAK more than twice in one debate on same day without leave of the
Senate. No member shall....

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SPEAK first; but the member rising and addressing the Chair first shall
speak first. When two members rise, the President shall name the
member to......

SPEAKING to another member so as to interrupt business prohibited......

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SPEAKING in debate, no interruption to be made by talking, reading news-
papers, or otherwise. While a member is.....
SPEAKING or otherwise shall transgress the rules, he shall be called to order.
If any member in........

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SPECIAL orders of the day. The unfinished business at preceding adjournment shall have preference in the..

SPECIAL order, it shall be the duty of the Chair to take up such special order, and the Senate shall proceed to consider it, unless it be postponed by vote of the Senate. When the hour shall have arrived for the consideration of a....

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SPECIAL orders, according to the order of time for which they were assigned, and at which they were assigned, and over general orders, &c. Precedence of...... SPECIAL orders shall not lose their positions on account of intervening adjournments; nor shall they lose their relative position on the calendar, except by vote of the Senate, until finally disposed of...................... SPECIAL orders shall always have precedence of general orders, unless such special orders shall be postponed by direction of the Senate. When two or more subjects shall have been assigned for the same hour, the subject first assigned for that hour shall take precedence, but........ 31 SPECIAL order not to be made without the concurrence of two-thirds present.......

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SPECIALLY assigned for consideration, they shall take precedence according to the order of time at which they were severally assigned, and such order shall at no time be lost or changed, except by the direction of the Senate. When two or more subjects shall have been...... STANDING Committees of the Senate, shall not be referred to the Committee on Printing. Motions to print, by order of the..... STANDING committees of the Senate shall be appointed at the commencement of each session, with leave to report by bill or otherwise, viz: On Foreign Relations, to consist of seven members..

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On Military Affairs and the Militia, to consist of seven members..
On Naval Affairs, to consist of seven members..

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On Judiciary, to consist of seven members....

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On Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist of seven members..

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