F. Floor of the Senate. Persons entitled to admission to the... G. Galleries to be cleared and the doors closed, on discussing a Rule. Clause. Page. 33 question requiring secrecy. The Chair shall direct the. 35 General appropriation bills. All general appropriation bills shall be referred to the Committee on Appropriations, except the bill making appropriations for rivers and harbors, the agricultural bill, the Army and the Military Academy bills, the Indian bill, the naval bill, the pension bill, and the Post-Office bill.. 16 - 12 To proceed to the consideration of, a privileged motion. Amendments to. No amendments shall be received which shall increase the appropriation, unless to carry out some existing law or resolution of the Senate, or by direction of a standing or select committee, or in pursuance of an estimate of the head of a Department.... 16 I 16 All amendments proposing to increase an appropriation shall one day previous to being offered be referred to the Committtee on Appropriations...... No amendment shall be proposed to an amendment increasing the amount in such amendment........... Amendments moved by direction of a committee shall be first referred to the Committee on Appropriations..... 16 2 17 No amendment proposing general legislation, or that is not germane or relevant to the subject of the bill, shall be received... 16 2 17 16 2 17 16 3 17 No amendment to any item or clause that does not directly relate thereto shall be received.. All questions of relevancy of amendments shall be decided by the Senate without debate... No amendment providing for a private claim, unless to carry out a law or treaty stipulation, shall be received. Any amendment to a general appropriation bill may be laid on the table.... General legislation to general appropriation bills. No amend ment shall be admitted proposing.. General orders. (See Calendar.) Germane. No amendment to any appropriation bill shall be offered which is not relevant or.... 16 3 17 I. Impeachment, court of. Proceedings recorded....... ...... Rule. Clause. Page. 4 2 7 22 Indian treaties shall, unless transmitted by the President in All information given or remarks made by a Senator 336 20 3 34 3 32 and all votes on a nomination, are within the........ 38 2 35 A person nominated may be notified of charges made against him, but the name of the person making them shall not be disclosed...... 38 2 35 A Senator disclosing the confidential or secret business J. Journal. A quorum being present, the Journal of the pre- The reading of the, shall not be suspended unless by A motion to amend the Journal shall be deemed a privi- Every vote of the Senate, and a brief statement of each L. Laid on the table. The preamble to a bill or resolution may, A motion to reconsider may be, without carrying the sub- Rule. Clause. Page. Leave to introduce a bill. May be offered if no objection... 14 I 14 Leave of the Senate. A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without. Leave of the Senate. No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without..... No Senator shall speak more than twice on any one question on the same day without... A Senator when called to order shall sit down and shall not proceed without ... No memorial or other paper, except original treaties, shall be withdrawn without Legislative business. The legislative business of the Senate shall be continued from session to session of the same Congress.. The legislative proceedings of the Senate shall be recorded in a separate book M. Majority. A motion to reconsider a vote may be decided by a All questions upon a treaty, except on the question of ratification, and on a motion to postpone indefinitely, shall be by a Memorials and petitions shall be referred without putting the question Before being presented or read they shall be signed, in- Manner of presentation of Of foreign citizens or subjects shall not be received unless 9 7 5 ΙΟ Where an adverse report has been made they shall not be 30 30 When an act has passed for the settlement of a private Merits of the question proposed to be considered. It shall not be in order to discuss the.... Messages from the President and from the House of Representatives may be received at any stage of the proceedings except.. 84281° S. Doc. 846, 61-3- -4 28 I 27 Messages to the House and communications to the President Until concluded, or until 1 o'clock, no motion to proceed At the conclusion of the, for each day, unless otherwise ordered, the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions shall be proceeded with until 2 o'clock.. The order of, which shall not be interrupted, unless by unanimous consent, prescribed.. No motion to proceed to the consideration of subjects on the Calendar shall be received, except by unanimous consent, during the A motion received by unanimous consent to take up a subject shall not be open to amendment, and shall be decided without debate on the merits of the question.. Morning hour. Terminates two hours after meeting of Senate. Motions. A motion to lay before the Senate bills or other matter sent to the Senate by the President or House of Representatives, in order at any time. To reconsider shall be decided by a majority vote without debate. . . . . . Before a motion shall be debated it shall, if required, be reduced to writing..... Rule. Clause. Page. Which may be made when a question is under consideration; their order and precedence A motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modified before a division, amendment, or ordering of the yeas and nays... A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of the Senate A motion to discharge a committee shall lie over one day N. Nominations. The question on their confirmation shall not be put on the same day on which they are received, nor on the day on which they may be reported... 2 27 Rule. Clause. Page. Nominations. Shall be prepared for the printer by the Offi- The Secretary shail furnish to the press, and to the public Discussions upon the character and qualifications of a nominee and the votes upon a nomination shall be kept secret... 38 35 38 The person nominated may be notified of charges against him, but the name of the party making them shall not be disclosed.... 38 2 35 38 3 36 4 36 A motion to reconsider the vote on a nomination may be ... A motion to reconsider the vote on a nomination may be 38 3 36 Not confirmed or rejected at one session shall not be con- O. Oaths of office. The oaths required by the Constitution and prescribed by law shall be taken and subscribed by Senators in open Senate before entering upon their duties. Order of business. After the conclusion of the morning business, prescribed. After the consideration of cases not objected to upon the Calendar is completed, and not later than 2 o'clock, prescribed |