paper signed by citizens or subjects of a foreign power shall 6.1 Only a brief statement of the contents, as provided [7.6] for in Rule VII, paragraph five, of such communications as are presented under the order of business "Presentation of petitions and memorials" shall be printed in the Congressional Record; and no other portion of such communications shall be inserted in the Record unless specifically so ordered by vote of the Senate, as provided for in Rule XXIX, paragraph one; except that communications from the legislatures or conventions, lawfully called, of the respective States, Territories, and insular possessions shall be printed in full in the Record whenever presented, and the original copies of such communications shall be retained in the files of the Secretary of the Senate. On Feb. 7, 1887, the Senate agreed to the following: Ordered, That when petitions and memorials are ordered printed in the Congressional Record the order shall be deemed to apply to the body of the petition only, and the names attached to said petition or memorial shall not be printed unless specially ordered by the Senate. (S. Jour. 280, 49-2, Feb. 7, 1887.) 7.2 The Presiding Officer may at any time lay, and it [7.7] shall be in order at any time for a Senator to move to lay, before the Senate, any bill or other matter sent to the Senate by the President or the House of Representatives, and any question pending at that time shall be suspended for this purpose. Any motion so made shall be determined without debate. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 298, 65–1, Oct. 5, 1917. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. [8] RULE VIII ORDER OF BUSINESS [8.1] 1. At the conclusion of the morning business for each day, unless upon motion the Senate shall at any time otherwise order, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions, and continue such consideration until 2 o'clock; and bills and resolutions that are not objected to shall be taken up in their order, and each Senator shall be entitled to speak once and for five minutes only upon any question; and the objection may be interposed at any stage of the proceedings, but upon motion the Senate may continue such consideration; and this order shall commence immediately after the call for "concurrent and other resolutions," and shall take precedence of the unfinished business and other special orders. But if the Senate shall proceed with the consideration of any matter notwithstanding an objection, the foregoing provisions touching debate shall not apply. [8.2] [8.3] [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 2.1 All motions made before 2 o'clock to proceed to the consideration of any matter shall be determined without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 3.2 At the conclusion of the morning hour or after the unfinished business or pending business has first been laid before the Senate on any calendar day, and until after the duration of three hours, except as determined to the contrary by unanimous consent or on motion without debate, 1 As amended, S. Jour. 442, 48-1, Mar. 19, 1884. 2 As amended, S. Jour. 38, 88-2, Jan. 23, 1964. (The paragraph numbers in rule VIII have been inserted editorially for convenience in citation.) all debate shall be germane and confined to the specific question then pending before the Senate. On August 10, 1888, the Senate agreed to the following: Resolved, That after to-day, unless otherwise ordered, the morning hour shall terminate at the expiration of two hours after the meeting of the Senate. (S. Jour. 1266, 50-1, Aug. 10, 1888.) RULE IX ORDER OF BUSINESS Immediately after the consideration of cases not objected to upon the Calendar is completed, and not later than 2 o'clock if there shall be no special orders for that time, the Calendar of General Orders shall be taken up and proceeded with in its order, beginning with the first subject on the Calendar next after the last subject disposed of in proceeding with the Calendar; and in such case the following motions shall be in order at any time as privileged motions, save as against a motion to adjourn, or to proceed to the consideration of executive business, or questions of privilege, to wit: First. A motion to proceed to the consideration of an appropriation or revenue bill. Second. A motion to proceed to the consideration of any other bill on the Calendar, which motion shall not be open to amendment. Third. A motion to pass over the pending subject, which if carried shall have the effect to leave such subject without prejudice in its place on the Calendar. Fourth. A motion to place such subject at the foot of the Calendar. Each of the foregoing motions shall be decided without debate and shall have precedence in the order above named, [9] [10] and may be submitted as in the nature and with all the rights of questions of order. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XIV, XXXIII. RULE X SPECIAL ORDERS [10.1] 1. Any subject may, by a vote of two-thirds of the Senators present, be made a special order; and when the time so fixed for its consideration arrives the Presiding Officer shall lay it before the Senate, unless there be unfinished business of the preceding day, and if it is not finally disposed of on that day it shall take its place on the Calendar of Special Orders in the order of time at which it was made special, unless it shall become by adjournment the unfinished business. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XVIII, XXXIII. [10.2] 2. When two or more special orders have been made for the same time, they shall have precedence according to the order in which they were severally assigned, and that order shall only be changed by direction of the Senate. [11] 1 And all motions to change such order, or to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XVIII, XXXIII. RULE XI OBJECTION TO READING A PAPER When the reading of a paper is called for, and objected to, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate, without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XXXII. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 442, 48-1, Mar. 19, 1884. 1. When the yeas and nays are ordered, the names of [12.1] Senators shall be called alphabetically; and each Senator shall, without debate, declare his assent or dissent to the question, unless excused by the Senate; and no Senator shall be permitted to vote after the decision shall have been announced by the Presiding Officer, but may for sufficient reasons, with unanimous consent, change or withdraw his vote. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in order, nor shall the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend it by unanimous consent. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XLI. 2. When a Senator declines to vote on call of his name, he [12.2] shall be required to assign his reasons therefor, and having assigned them, the Presiding Officer shall submit the question to the Senate: "Shall the Senator, for the reasons assigned by him, be excused from voting?" which shall be decided without debate; and these proceedings shall be had after the roll call and before the result is announced; and any further proceedings in reference thereto shall be after such announcement. [Jefferson's Manual, Secs. XVII, XLI. 3. No request by a Senator for unanimous consent for [12.3] the taking of a final vote on a specified date upon the passage of a bill or joint resolution shall be submitted to the Senate for agreement thereto until, upon a roll call ordered for the purpose by the Presiding Officer, it shall be disclosed that a quorum of the Senate is present; and when a unanimous 1 As amended, S. Jour. 74, 63-2, Jan. 16, 1914. |