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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

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

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

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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be withdrawn at any time before amendment or ordering of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Preamble to a resolution may be withdrawn before amendment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.

A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of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withdrawn from the files without leave of the Senate...--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withdrawn without leaving copies...-

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

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

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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.------ 145 II
A motion to request House of Representatives to return a bill
shall be decided at once, and .--.

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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_

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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.

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Each Senator when the yeas and nays are called shall, when
his name is called, answer.
Reasons for excusing a Senator from voting shall be determined. 145 12
Words spoken in debate, if required, shall be taken down in writing.

Exceptionable

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Y.

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

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

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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

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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____

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

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GENERAL INDEX.

A.

Admission of States. Table showing chronological order of the admis-
sion of States, their area, population, and formation..
Laws relating to

Agricultural Reports and seeds may be sent through the mails free.
Alabama. Admission, population, area, and formation of.......
Senators from, since admission to the Union. ___

Alaska. Organization, population, area, and formation of
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States..

Ratification of the.....

Analytical index to the Constitution

Apportionment of Representatives among the States from the commence-
ment of the Government to the present time. Table showing..
Arizona. Organization, population, area, and formation of...
Arkansas. Admission, population, area, and formation of....

Senators from, since admission to the Union.......

Articles of Confederation

Assistant Doorkeeper and Acting Assistant Doorkeeper shall be assigned

to duty on the Senate floor

B.

Barber-shop and bath-rooms. Rule regulating their use

Begging and peddling prohibited in the Senate wing of the Capitol
Binding of public documents for Senators.

Page.

334

315

284

334

377-379

336

63

72

79

200

336

334

380, 381

13

177

180

182

284

C.

California. Admission. population, area, and formation of

335

Senators from, since admission to the Union....

382,383

Capitol Police. How appointed and paid..........

297

Cards and communications. Rule regulating, in the morning hour

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Cloak-rooms. Rule regulating admission to...

Colorado. Admission, population, area, and formation of....

Senators from, since admission to the Union.___.

Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum. A Senator to be appointed a
director of the...

Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. A Senator to be appointed
a director of the...

Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate
without the sanction of the..

Page.

180

335

383, 384

282

281

Vouchers approved by, to be conclusive in settlement of accounts._
No furniture or carpets shall be purchased for the Senate without the
written order of the chairman of the ..........
Compensation of Members of Congress. Laws relating to the...
Confederation. Articles of...

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Committee on Public Printing.

Congress. Provisions of law relating to the compensation of Members of
Table showing apportionment of Representatives from 1787 to 1880.
The last session of every Congress expires at 12 o'clock the 4th day
of March

Congressional Record. May be franked by a Member of Congress.

Extracts from, may be furnished to Members of Congress upon pay-
ing the cost thereof

Congressional Directory to be compiled under the direction of the Joint

Connecticut. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area.

277

284

284

299

333

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Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Duties imposed by law on the Com-

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Deaf and Dumb. One Senator to be appointed director of the Colum-

bia Institution for the.

Declaration of Independence...

Delaware. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area of

Senators from, since First Congress...

Distribution of public documents

District of Columbia. Organization, population, area, and formation of

281

7

333

388-391

282, 314
336

Page.

May be franked..........

Documents, public, how distributed...

Duties imposed by law on the Secretary of the Senate.

On the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate___

282

285

290

296

On the Joint Committee on Public Printing..

299

On the Joint Committee on the Library.

301

On the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of
the Senate.

304

E.

Electoral votes for President and Vice-President. Table showing the,

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Extra copies of public documents may be furnished by the Public Printer
on payment of cost of printing and ten per cent. thereon.....
Extracts from the Senate Journals. Fees allowed the Secretary for mak
ing and certifying..

284

293

F.

Florida. Admission, population, area, and formation of

Senators from, since admission to the Union..

Franking privilege. Laws relating to the...

Furniture and carpets. None shall be bought for the Senate without the
order of the chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate.

G.

Galleries of the Senate. How set apart and occupied.............

334

391-393

285

304

178

Gallery.

Rule regulating admission to the Press Gallery.

179

Georgia. Ratification of the Constitution, population and area..
Senators from, since the First Congress__

333

393-397

H.

Heating and ventilating department. Rule regulating admission to the.
Employés in, under control of Architect of the Capitol...

I.

Idaho. Organization, population, area, and formation of..
Illinois. Admission, population, area, and formation of
Senators from, since admission to the Union....

180

180

336

334

397-399

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