نا PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULE XXII OF THE 39-1 (RELATING TO CLOTURE) HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. Res. 6, S. Res. 8, S. Res. 16, and S. Res. 82 RESOLUTIONS PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO RULE XXII OF THE CONTENTS Statement by the Senate Parliamentarian on the effect of Senate Resolu- Hon. Paul H. Douglas, a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois_- Hon. A. Willis Robertson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia__ Hon. John Stennis, a U.S. Senator from the State of Mississippi... Hon. Clinton P. Anderson, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Hon. Jacob K. Javits, a U.S. Senator from the State of New York... Hon. Clifford Case, a U.S. Senator from the State of New Jersey- Joseph Cooper, assistant professor of government, Harvard Uni- Roy Wilkins, chairman, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights-- ers-- Hon. Strom Thurmond, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Caro- Hon. Jack Miller, a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa___. Hon. John L. McClellan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arkansas- Hon. Hugh Scott, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania__-- Hon. John Sparkman, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama Prof. William Buchanan, University of Tennessee (Knoxville). Individual views of Senator Herman E. Talmadge, as expressed in the report of the Special Subcommittee on Amendments to rule XXII to the Committee on Rules and Administration during the 85th Congress__. Individual views of Senator Jacob K. Javits, as expressed in the report of Exhibit 1: "Senate Cloture Rule," Senate Document 30, 88th Congress (updated by the staff of the Subcommittee on Standing Rules of the Exhibit 2: "Memorandum and Brief Concerning the Need for a New Antifilibuster Rule Permitting a Majority of the Total Senate To Close Debate, and Supporting the Proposition That the Senate of the 88th Congress Has Power To Enact Such a Rule at the Opening of the New Congress by Majority Vote, Unfettered by Any Restrictive Rules of Exhibit 3: "The Previous Question," Senate Document 104, 87th Congress- Exhibit 4: Opinion expressed by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson on January 28, 1963, on a motion to submit the previous question__ 15 148SU 8700 XL PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO RULE XXII OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE (Relating to Cloture) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1965 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON STANDING RULES OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m. in room 301, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Carl Hayden (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Hayden. Also present: Kent Watkins, staff director of the subcommittee; Gordon F. Harrison, staff director, Committee on Rules and Administration; Hugh Q. Alexander, chief counsel; Walter L. Mote, professional staff member; John P. Coder, professional staff member; Lew Hastings, professional staff member; Marian G. Moore, assistant chief clerk, and William R. Haley, legislative assistant to Senator Cooper. Senator HAYDEN. This hearing has been called to carry out the intentions of the Senate when it adopted the following unanimous consent agreement on January 8, 1965: "Ordered, That the pending resolution (S. Res. 6) amending the Standing Rules of the Senate and the proposed resolution of Mr. Douglas (S. Res. 8) to amend rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate relative to cloture, be referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration, which shall make its report on said resolutions to the Senate on March 9, 1965." It is my understanding that this subcommittee shall report back to the full committee when these hearings are finished. In turn, a report by the full committee will send the two resolutions, Senate Resolution 6 and Senate Resolution 8-authored by Senators Anderson and Douglas, respectively-to the Senate to await its action. I have taken the liberty of including in these hearings Senator Morse's Senate Resolution 16 and Senator Miller's Senate Resolution 82 because they are the only other similar measures referred to this subcommittee. In order to save our witnesses from certain burdens, I have directed the staff to prepare statistical and historical material for insertion in the hearing record. This, of course, does not preclude anyone from including their own background matter. In addition, I suggest that the present rule XXII as it now operates in the Senate and the four resolutions before us be inserted. 1 |