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Nominations approved, or definitively 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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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
appeal.....

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)

Papers and documents, to be printed only by order....
Passages in the Capitol, appropriated to the Senate, to be under the

regulation of the presiding officer

Persons admitted on the floor of the Senate

senting an address or memorial, &c..

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

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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

to 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
Senate..

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.

Printing, Committee on, subjects referred to...
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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determined by the majority

on amending the Constitution, short of a final question, to be

Quorum being present, the journal shall be read

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

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

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of a question requiring for its passage an affirmative vote
of two-thirds, may be determined by a majority only.

Record, executive, the President of the United States to be furnished
with a transcript from.....

executive, extracts from, prohibited except by special order.--.

Reference of petitions, how made.

Reports of standing committees, how received..........

of committees to lie one day for consideration

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

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
Constitution, and to grant money, to be treated as bills ..
all others to lie one day for consideration..........

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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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S.

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
nominated............

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

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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....
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

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

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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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Senate, the persons admitted when engaged in executive and confiden-
tial business----

the executive proceedings of, to be recorded in a separate book.
the legislative proceedings of, to be recorded in a separate book.
the confidential legislative proceedings of, to be recorded in a
separate book

votes of, to be entered on the journal..

transcript from executive record of, in what cases furnished....
contents of memorials and petitions presented to, to be entered
on the journal.......

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shall be cleared of all persons, except their officers, when acting
on executive business..

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members and officers of, liable to expulsion for a violation of
confidence

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messages to and from, (joint rules)

Senators to be called alphabetically..

Sergeant-at-arms may be sent for absent members.....

Speaking among the members, during debate, prohibited

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by a member, more than twice in one day, in any one debate,
prohibted without leave

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Spirits, intoxicating, not to be brought within the Capitol or its grounds,

(joint rule)...

Substitute in the chair, duration of his appointment..

Sum, largest, to be first put in filling blanks

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Time, longest, first put in filling blanks

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Titles of bills, and parts affected by amendments, to be inserted on the

journal

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Treaties, proceedings on -

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amendments to, and to resolution for ratification, to receive the
vote of two-thirds......

to be kept secret until injunction shall be removed

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Unfinished business at the last preceding adjournment has preference in

special orders

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at the close of a first session of Congress, to be re-
sumed at a second or subsequent session, (joint rule)

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