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Member, may desire a motion to be reduced to writing

may have a question divided, if susceptible of division..
required to vote when yeas and nays are called..

not allowed to vote after decision by yeas and nays is announced
liable to expulsion for violation of confidence..

Memorial or petition, contents of, shall be stated before received and read

when received

how referred.

contents of, to be entered on the journal.

Messages between the two houses, how to be announced and delivered,
(joint rules)

from the Senate to the House may be sent by the Secretary...
from the House and Senate, by whom they may be sent, (joint
rule)....

Messengers may not be introduced when yeas and nays are calling, a
question is putting, or ballots are counting..

Mistakes in the journal to be corrected at the specified time..
Motion not to be debated until seconded.

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made and seconded shall, if desired, be reduced to writing and
read before debated

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to reconsider, may not be withdrawn without leave..
(except to reconsider) may be withdrawn before a decision, an

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privileged, what shall be, and their order, when a subject is under
debate

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to admit persons for the purpose of presenting a memorial, not in
order..

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to reconsider, when and by whom made...

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for reconsideration, not in order after the subject-matter has gone
out of the possession of the Senate...

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Newspapers not to be read while the journal or public papers are reading or a member is speaking....

Nominations not to be considered on the day received, unless by consent not finally acted on, during the session, to fall..

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Nominations approved, or definitely acted on, to be returned by the Secretary from day to day

Notice of one day required of an intended motion for leave to bring in a bill..

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Oath, prescribed by act of July 2, 1862, when and where to be taken......
Officers of the Senate, liable to dismissal for the violation of confidence..
Order, special, shall be called up at the hour prescribed

when conflicting, which has preference

effect of adjournments upon.

unfinished business at the last preceding adjournment has
preference in.

Order, interruptions of....

questions of, to be decided by the President without debate...
questions of, after a decision by the President, subject to an ap-
peal

upon a call to, by a member, for words spoken, the exceptionable
words shall be taken down

Orders, resolutions, and votes, which shall be presented to the President,
to receive the same formalities as bills, (joint rule)
Order of the Senate necessary for the return of papers communicated to
the Senate

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Papers communicated to the Senate by the President, or an executive officer, to be retained in the office unless otherwise ordered.......... on which a bill or resolution is founded, to be transmitted from one house to the other, (joint rule).

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Papers and documents, to be printed only by order.

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Passages in the Capitol, appropriated to the Senate, to be under the regu

lation of the presiding officer.

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Persons admitted on the floor of the Senate..

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not admitted on the floor of the Senate for the purpose of pre

senting an address or memorial, &c...

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Petition, no one to be admitted for the purpose of presenting

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Plurality of votes, only, requisite in the appointment of members of a

committee.

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President of the United States, confidential communication from, to the

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President of the Senate to be addressed by a member rising to speak....

to decide when two or more members rise at the
same time to speak...

te enforce order

to decide questions of order....

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to give notice of the several readings of bills.... to have the regulation of the parts of the Capitol appropriated to the Senate and their officers... to call up business in a prescribed order............. President of the United States, the presentation to, of bills and resolutions,

(joint rule)....

forms to be observed when he meets the

manner of presenting joint addresses to...
to be assigned the President's chair when
attending the deliberations of the Senate
to be furnished with an authenticated tran-
script of executive record of the Senate..

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Printing, Committee on, subjects referred to.

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duty imposed on..

Committee on, to supervise and direct the procuring of maps and

drawings accompanying documents ordered to be printed...
of bills, joint rule relating to....

Privilege of admission to the floor, the persons entitled to the..
Privileged motions, when a question is under debate.....

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Qualifications of persons nominated, any remark concerning, to be kept

secret.

Question under debate, when and by what motion superseded.

under debate, may be divided........

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Question, final, on bill requiring three readings..

to be decided aye or no..

to be put by the President of the Senate..

on amending the Constitution, short of a final question, to be
determined by the majority.

Quorum being present, the journal shall be read..

a less number than a, may send the Sergeant-at-arms for ab

sentees

what number constitutes, (see note to Rule 1.)

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Reading newspapers prohibited while the journals or public papers are
reading, or a member speaking..

of a paper called for and objected to, to be decided by the Senate
without debate....

Reconsideration, motion for, may be made by one of the majority.

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motion for, by a member of the side that prevailed.. -
motion for, must be made within two days of actual ses-
sion after vote.

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motion for, must be made before the subject-matter is
out of the possession of the Senate..

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executive, extracts from, prohibited except by special order.

of a question requiring for its passage an affirmative vote of two-thirds, may be determined by a majority onlyRecord, executive, the President of the United States to be furnished with a transcript from

Reference of petitions, how made.......

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Reports of standing committees, how received.

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of committees to lie one day for consideration..

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in writing, adverse to a claim, to preclude its renewal without a
new memorial or petition....

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bills, and resolutions, undetermined at the close of a session, to
be resumed after six days from the commencement of a second
or subsequent session, (joint rule)....

Resolutions requiring the approbation of the President, to amend the Con-
stitution, and to grant money, to be treated as bills...
all others to lie one day for consideration..

on third reading to be amended only by unanimous consent.-
reports, or bills, remaining undetermined at a session preced-
ing the last of a Congress, to be resumed at the next, in
statu quo, (joint rule).

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engrossed, recommitted, and reported, to be again read a
second time....

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Resolutions, orders, votes, &c., requiring the President's approbation, shall be signed and presented as in case of bills, (see bills,) (joint rule).

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passed by one house, and lost in another, notice to be given,
(joint rule)..

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not to be presented to the President of the United States the
last day of a session..

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Second, a, required to every motion before debated..

Secrecy, on a motion to shut the doors of the Senate on business requir-
ing, the galleries to be cleared.

enjoined on confidential communications by the President..
enjoined on information or remarks concerning the persons nomi-
nated

enjoined on treaties.

Secretary to indorse the bill passed, &c...

to take the decision of the Vice-President when the Senate are
equally divided...

to receive engrossed bills from the committee after examina-
tion.

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to furnish the President with transcripts of executive journal..
to attend and take minutes when the Senate shall be convened
by the President to any other place than their chamber.
to make returns, from day to day, on nominations..

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to return or deliver no paper, except original treaties, without
an order of the Senate

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to furnish no extract from executive journal without special
order...

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to send messages to the House of Representatives.

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Senate, preliminary proceedings on their assembling..

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the sense of, on any question of order may be required by the
President

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proceedings of, when a number less than a quorum shall have
assembled.

when equally divided, subject to the decision of the Vice-Presi-
dent....

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proceedings of, when not acting in quasi committee, to be entered
on the journal concisely

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ceremonial proceedings of, when met by the President of the
United States..

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relative to the executive proceedings of.

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