Secrecy. A Senator disclosing the confidential or secret business of
the Senate shall be liable to expulsion_____

An officer of the Senate committing a like offense shall be dis-
missed and punished for a contempt

Secretary of Senate. When to perform duties of the Chair...

To keep record of certificates of election of Senators.____.
To transmit papers in relation to claims to committee before
whom claim is pending_-----

Senate Chamber. Shall not be granted for any other purpose than
for the use of the Senate...

Senators.

Not to absent themselves from the service of the Senate
without leave.___

Not to speak but once, and for five minutes only, on bills and
resolutions on the Calendar not objected to.----
Special orders. The unfinished business shall take precedence of the.
Consideration of the Calendar of bills and resolutions at the
conclusion of morning business until 2 o'clock takes prece-
dence of

Any subject may be made a special order by a vote of two-

thirds

Unless there be unfinished business, the Chair shall lay before
the Senate the ......

Senator first rising shall in all cases first

Special orders for the same hour and day shall have precedence
according to the time at which they were made such. 145 10
Special orders shall not lose their character as such unless by a

vote of the Senate.

Every special order shall, unless there be unfinished business,

be called up when the hour assigned shall arrive
Speak more than twice in any one debate on the same day without

leave of the Senate. No Senator shall .............
Speak. The Presiding Officer shall name who is to speak, but the

2

Suspension of the rules. One day's notice in writing required to sus-

pend, amend, or modify any rule of the Senate.----
The 12th rule in relation to voting shall never, under any cir-
cumstances, be suspended...

T.

Table.

An amendment to a general appropriation bill may be laid

on the.....

A motion to reconsider may be laid on the

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And if carried shall be held to be a final disposition of the mo-

tion

Page. Rule. Clause.

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Table. When an amendment proposed to any pending measure is laid
on the, it shall not carry with it, or prejudice, such measure. 149 17
When a question is pending a motion may be made to lay on
the, which shall be decided without debate....
Preamble of a bill or resolution may be withdrawn or laid on
the, without prejudice to the bill or resolution..
An appeal from the decision of the Chair may be laid on the..
If laid on the table it shall be held as affirming the decision of
the Chair

All resolutions, reports of committees, motions to discharge a
committee, and subjects from which a committee may be dis-
charged, shall lie over one day for consideration
Treaties. When a treaty is laid before the Senate no motion shall
be made in reference to it but to refer or to print it, to remove
injunction of secrecy, or to consider it in open executive ses-
sion

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After being acted upon as in Committee of the Whole it shall
be reported to the Senate....

A treaty shall not be considered on the same day that it is re-
ported, if objected to ______

When the question shall be on the resolution of ratification no
amendment shall be in order.............

When the question will be, if amended, on concurring in the
amendments made in Committee of the Whole......
Injunction of secrecy may be removed at any stage of proceed-
ings, or treaty may be considered in open executive session. 161 37
After which the resolution of ratification may be proposed on a
subsequent day

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The question of ratification and a motion to postpone indefinitely
shall each require a vote of two-thirds..........

161 37

All amendments and other motions may be decided by a ma-
jority....

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Shall be resumed at the second or any subsequent session of the
same Congress, at the stage when last acted upon.
When proceedings shall terminate with a Congress they shall be
resumed de novo

Indian treaties shall, unless transmitted by the President in con-
fidence, be acted upon in legislative session

Unanimous consent. The reading of the Journal may be suspended
by.

Until the morning business is concluded, no motion to proceed
to any other subject shall be received, unless by

Unanimous consent. After a decision is announced, a Senator may
change or withdraw his vote by ....

When the Senate shall refuse to reconsider a vote, or reaffirm
its first decision, no motion to reconsider can be received, but
by...

Page. Rule, Clause

Each bill shall receive three readings before passage on three
different days, unless by

A bill may be read twice for reference, but not considered as in
Committee of the Whole, nor debated, unless by ______
No amendment shall be proposed to a bill on its third reading,
unless by ...

All resolutions shall lie over one day, unless by

All resolutions, reports of committees, motions to discharge a
committee, and subjects from which a committee may be dis-
charged, shall lie over one day, unless by ................

No rule of the Senate can be suspended without notice, unless
by, except Rule 12.

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Treaties shall not be acted upon on the day on which they are
reported, unless by __

Resolution of ratification shall not be considered on the same

day it is proposed, unless by .

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Nominations shall not be confirmed on the day they are re

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Unfinished business shall have preference over the special orders... 144 10
Consideration of the Calendar of bills and resolutions at the
conclusion of the morning business, until 2 o'clock, takes pre-
cedence of....

Unfinished business of a session. The legislative business of the Sen-
ate shall be continued from session to session of the same
Congress..

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V.

Vacancies in committees, when filled by the Presiding Officer, shall,
unless otherwise ordered, be only to fill up the number on the
committee

Vice-President. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate
shall choose a President pro tempore -

In the absence of the, and pending the election of a President
pro tempore, the Secretary, or, in his absence, the Chief Clerk,
shall perform the duties of the Chair...

Voting. When the yeas and nays are called, each Senator shall,
unless excused from voting, answer when his name is called
without debate___

Proceedings, when a Senator shall be called on for reasons for
declining to vote, shall be without debate.

Further proceedings shall not be had until after the result is
announced.

A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result is an-
nounced

But he may, for special reasons, by unanimous consent, with-
draw or change his vote..

W.

Withdrawal of a motion or resolution. A resolution or motion may
be withdrawn at any time before amendment or ordering of
the yeas and nays

Preamble to a resolution may be withdrawn before amendment
or ordering of the yeas and nays

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A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of
the Senate
Withdrawal of papers. No papers except original treaties shall be
withdrawn from the files without leave of the Senate...__
Where an act has passed for a private claim, the papers may be
sent by the Secretary to the accounting officers.___.
No petition on which an adverse report has been made shall be
withdrawn without leaving copies_____.

Claims adversely reported on shall not be again referred with-
out new evidence

ceedings shall be........

Without debate. In ascertaining the presence of a quorum, the pro-

Sergeant-at-Arms may be directed to request or compel attend-
ance of absent Senators

The reading a paper when objected to shall be decided......
A motion to request House of Representatives to return a bill
shall be decided at once, and.........

All questions of relevancy of amendments under rule 16 shall
be decided.

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A motion to permit a Senator to proceed in order shall be de-
cided______

A motion for leave to speak more than twice in one debate
shall be decided..

Without debate. All questions of order shall be decided by the Chair.
Subsequent questions of order and appeals shall be decided.
Motions to adjourn, for a recess, for executive business, and to
lay on the table shall be decided.......

A motion to proceed to consideration of a conference report
shall be decided... .............

Each Senator when the yeas and nays are called shall, when
his name is called, answer___.

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Reasons for excusing a Senator from voting shall be determined. 145
Words spoken in debate, if required, shall be taken down in writing.

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Exceptionable

Y.

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Yeas and nays. Each Senator shall, when his name is called, answer
openly and without debate____

A Senator may be required to assign reasons for not voting,
which shall be without debate..........

He shall not be called on for reasons for not voting until after
the roll-call and before the result of the vote is announced.. 145
Other proceedings shall be after such announcement

A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result is an-
nounced

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For special reasons, by unanimous consent, he may withdraw
or change his vote..........

Any motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modified by the
mover at any time before a decision, amendment, or ordering
of the ..