Constitution of the United States of America

ORDERS of the day. The unfinished business at preceding adjournment shall have preference in the special............

ORDER of special orders assigned, regulated, and fixed, and given precedence over general orders. The

ORDER, special, not to be made without the concurrence of two-thirds present......
ORDER of the Senate for that purpose. No paper, except original treaties, &c., shall
be returned or delivered from the office of the Secretary without an.....
ORDER.

An authenticated transcript of the executive records of the Senate shall be furnished, from time to time, to the President of the United States, but no further extract of the executive journal shall be furnished except by special............ 43 ORDERED. All bills on second reading shall be considered in Committee of the Whole before being considered in the Senate, unless otherwise.....

PACIFIC Railroad, to consist of nine members. A standing Committee on..
PAPERS are being read no interruption to be made. While public......
PAPER is called for and objected to, it will be decided by a vote of the Senate, and
without debate. When the reading of a....

PAPER or document shall be printed for the use of the Senate without special order, &c. No

PAPER, except original treaties, &c., shall be returned or delivered from the office of the Secretary without an order of the Senate for that purpose. No.. PAPERS of a rejected claim from the files for the purpose of referring them at a subsequent session, unless error in report or new evidence be produced. Not in order to move to take....

PASSAGE of a bill, &c., to move its commitment, &c. It shall always be in order before the final..

PASSAGES as are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate and its officers. The Presiding Officer of the Senate shall have the regulation of such parts of the Capitol and of its..

PASSED, &c. Every bill and joint resolution shall receive three readings previous to being.

PATENTS and the Patent Office, to consist of five members. A standing Committee

on.

PENALTY of an officer or member for violating the confidence of the Senate.......... PENSIONS, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on........... PERSON or persons within doors of Senate to present any petition, memorial, or address, or to hear any such read. No motion in order to admit any... PERSON nominated to office by the President shall be kept secret. All information or remarks touching or concerning the character or qualification of any... PERSONS, except as stated in the rule. When acting on confidential or executive business, the Senate shall be cleared of all...

PERSONS (and none others) who shall be admitted on the floor of the Senate. Description of....

PETITION, memorial, or address, or hear any such read. No motion in order to admit any person in the Senate chamber to present a..

PETITIONS, memorials, or papers, first called for in morning business, a brief statement of their contents to be made before reception, &c., and referred, of course, unless objected to, and then question taken.. PETITION, memorial, or paper presented to the Senate shall be inserted on the journal. A brief statement of the contents of each.. PLURALITY of votes sufficient for the appointment of all other committees than the chairman of standing committees for whose appointment a majority is necessary.. 35

No.

POINTS may be divided. A question containing several..
POSITION On the calendar according to the order of time for which and at which they
were assigned, and not to lose their position on account of intervening adjourn
ments, &c. Special orders to have.

POST Offices and Post Roads, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee

on .....

POSTPONE indefinitely, to a day certain, &c., &c. (See Rule.) When a question is
under debate, no motion shall be received but to.....

POSTPONE to a day certain, &c. (See Rule.) When a question is under debate, no
motion shall be received but to...

POSTPONED by direction of the Senate. Special orders to have precedence over gen-
eral orders, unless

POWERS of a President pro tempore, &c. The chairman of a Committee of the Whole
to have the.

PRECEDENCE of motions admissable, when a question is under debate, viz: 1, to
adjourn; 2, to lie on the table; 3, to postpone indefinitely; 4, to postpone to a
day certain; 5, to commit; or, 6, to amend..

PRECEDENCE of special orders according to the order of time for which they were
assigned, and at which they were assigned, and over general orders, &c. (See
Rule)

PREFERENCE in the special orders, &c. The unfinished business shall have the......
PRESIDENT of the Senate having taken the chair, and a quorum being present, the

business proceeds. The.

PRESIDENT shall be addressed by every member rising to speak. The....
PRESIDENT shall name the person to speak; but in all cases the member rising and
addressing the Chair first shall speak first. When two members rise at the same
time the

PRESIDENT shall call any member to order for transgression of rules. The...
PRESIDENT without debate, subject to appeal to Senate. Questions of order shall be
decided by the......

PRESIDENT may call for the sense of the Senate on any question of order. The....
PRESIDENT to judge when a member is called to order for exceptionable words, by
their being taken down in writing. The..
PRESIDENT.

A motion made and seconded shall be reduced to writing if desired by

the

PRESIDENT, or the Chair, no member shall be permitted to vote. When a decision is
announced by the..

PRESIDENT shall direct the gallery to be cleared, &c. On a motion made and seconded
to shut the doors the...

PRESIDENT.

When the Senate are equally divided the Secretary shall take the decis

ion of the.

PRESIDENT of the Senate shall put all questions in the presence or absence of the
President of the United States. The..

PRESIDENT of the Senate pro tempore, shall have the right to name a member to per-
form the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an
adjournment. The Vice-President of the United States, or the...

PRESIDENT shall first call for petitions, &c. (See Rule.) In the morning business
the....

PRESIDENT shall make a brief verbal statement of the contents of petitions, &c., pre-
sented by him. The...

PRESIDENT shall give notice at each reading of a bill or joint resolution whether it be
the first, second, or third. The.

PRESIDENT pro tempore, may call a member to fill the chair, &c. When the Senate
shall consider a treaty, bill, or resolution as in Committee of the Whole, the Vice-
President, or

PRESIDENT of the Senate, or the Chair, to take up such special order, and it shall be
considered unless postponed by a vote of the Senate. When the hour has arrived
for the consideration of a special order, it shall be the duty of the...
PRESIDENT of the Senate shall have a chair on the floor, be considered as the head of
the Senate, and his chair shall be assigned to the President of the United States.
When the President of the United States shall meet the Senate in the Senate
chamber, the

PRESIDENT of the Senate and senators shall attend at the place appointed, &c.

(See

Rule.) When the Senate shall be convened by the President of the United States
to any other place, the.....
PRESIDING Officer of the Senate shall have the regulation of such parts of the Capitol,
and of its passages, as are or may be set apart for the use of the Senate and its
officers. The.

PRESIDENT of the United States. The President of the Senate shall put all questions
in the presence or absence of the.....
PRESIDENT of the United States may be requisite, shall be treated as bills. All reso-
lutions, &c., to which the approbation and signature of the...
PRESIDENT of the United States to the Senate, a future day shall be assigned, unless
the Senate unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration.
When nominations shall be made in writing by the........
PRESIDENT of the United States. Nominations neither approved nor rejected during
the session at which they are made, shall not be acted upon at any succeeding
session without being again made by the...

PRESIDENT of the United States shall meet the Senate in the Senate chamber, the
president of the Senate shall have a chair on the floor, be considered the head of
the Senate, and his chair shall be assigned to the President of the United States.
When the

PRESIDENT of the United States to any other place, the President of the Senate and
senators shall attend at the place appointed. The Secretary of the Senate shall
⚫ also attend to take the minutes of the Senate. When the Senate shall be con-
vened by the..

PRESIDENT of the United States shall be kept secret. All confidential communica-
tions and treaties from the...

PRESIDENT of the United States. Doors to be closed and secret session held on motion
by a member when desired by the (joint rule)..
PRESIDENT to office shall be kept secret. All information or remarks touching or
concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the...... 40
PRESIDENT of the United States shall, from time to time, be furnished with an authen-
ticated transcript of the executive records of the Senate; and all nominations
approved or definitely acted on by the Senate shall be returned by the Secretary
on the next day after such action is had unless otherwise ordered by the Senate;
but no further extract from the executive journal shall be furnished, except by
special order; and no paper, except original treaties, transmitted by the Presi
dent of the United States or any executive officer, shall be returned or delivered
from the office of the Secretary without an order from the Senate for that pur-
pose. The ...............
PRINTED for the use of the Senate. All bills reported by a committee shall, after the
first reading, be......

PRINTED for the use of the Senate without special order. But no other paper or doc-
ument (than as above) shall be.

PRINTING, to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred every question on
the printing of documents, reports, or other matter transmitted by either of the
executive departments, and all memorials, petitions, accompanying documents,
together with all other matter, the printing of which shall be moved, excepting
bills originating in Congress, resolutions offered by any Senator, communications
from the legislatures or conventions lawfully called of the respective States, and
motions to print by order of the standing committees of the Senate; motions to print
additional number shall likewise be referred to said committee; and when the
report shall be in favor of printing additional numbers, it shall be accompanied
by an estimate of the probable cost; the said committee shall also supervise and
direct the procuring of maps and drawings accompanying documents ordered to
be printed. A. Committee on.........

PRINTING shall also supervise and direct the procuring of maps and drawings accom
panying documents ordered to be printed. The Standing Committee on........
PRIVATE bill is under consideration it shall be in order to move, as a substitute for it,
a resolution of the Senate referring the case to the Court of Claims. Whenever

a...

PRIVATE claim, unless it be to carry out the provisions of some existing law or treaty
stipulation. No amendment shall be received to any general appropriation bill
whose object is to provide for a......

No.

PRIVATE Land Claims, to consist of five members. A standing Committee on..
PRIVILEGED motions, when a question is under debate, and the order of their prece-
dence...

PRIVILEGE of admission on the floor of the Senate. Description of persons allowed
the

PROCEEDINGS on them, in the Senate, as bills, &c. All joint resolutions, and resolu
tions granting money, shall be treated in the..
PROCEEDINGS of Senate, when not acting as in Committee of the Whole, to be entered
on the journal, but every vote of the Senate shall be entered on the Journal, &c.
(See Rule.).
PROCEEDINGS of the Senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books. The legisla
tive proceedings, the executive proceedings, and the confidential legislative.... 42
PUBLIC Buildings and Grounds, to consist of five members, who shall have power to
act jointly with the same committee of the House of Representatives. A stand.
ing Committee on the......

PUBLIC Lands, to consist of seven members. A standing Committee on the..

QUALIFICATIONS of persons nominated to be kept secret. Any remarks concerning

the

QUESTIONS of order decided by the President without debate, subject to appeal, and
the Chair may call for the sense of the Senate upon them..

QUESTION is under debate no motion shall be received, except to adjourn, &c., &c.
(See Rule.) When a........

QUESTION in debate contains several points, any member may have the same divided.
When a....

QUESTION. On motion to strike out and insert, it shall not be in order to move for a
division of the.

QUESTION taken by yeas and nays each member shall vote, unless for special reasons
he be excused. On every.

QUESTION. When yeas and nays are called, each member shall declare openly, and
without debate, his assent or dissent to the......

QUESTION, no member shall be permitted to vote, &c. (See Rule.) When the decis-
ion shall have been announced from the Chair on a.....
QUESTION decided may be reconsidered, on motion by one of the majority, if made
before the subject has gone out of possession of the Senate, and if made on same
day or within two next days of actual session. A.....
QUESTIONS shall be put by the President of the Senate, in the presence or absence of
the President of the United States, and the Senators shall answer aye or no.
All....

QUESTION, unless objected to, and then question on reference taken. Reference of
petitions, &c., to be made as a matter of course without...

No.

QUESTION upon the second reading of every bill, resolution, &c., requiring three
readings, shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?" The
final

QUESTION shall be again put, “Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?"
Should a bill on third reading be committed and an amendment reported, it shall
again be read a second time, and the..

QUESTION on the printing of documents, reports, or other matter, (except as stated in
the rule,) shall be referred to the Committee on Printing. Every.
QUESTION on reference to the standing committee shall first be put. When motions
are made for reference of the same subject to a select committee and to a standing
committee, the

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QUESTIONS on amendments to, and ratifications of treaties. (See Rule.) Forms of... 38
QUESTION for amendments, or extending to the merits, being short of the final ques-

tion. When an amendment of the Constitution is under consideration the con-
currence of two-thirds shall not be requisite to decide any..
QUESTION may have been decided by the Senate, in which two-thirds of the members
present are necessary to carry the affirmative, any member who votes on that
side which prevailed in the question may be at liberty to move for a reconsidera-
tion; and a motion for reconsideration shall be decided by a majority of votes.
When any

QUESTION may move for a reconsideration, which shall be decided by a majority of

votes. When two-thirds are requisite, any member who votes on that side which
*prevailed in the......

QUESTION is being put, while the yeas and nays are being called, or while the ballots
are being counted. Messengers are introduced in any state of business, except
while a

QUORUM being present, the business will proceed. The President having taken the
chair, and a....

QUORUM, but a small majority of those present, may send for absent Senators, who
shall pay the expenses, unless excused when a quorum is convened. A less num-
ber than a

RATIFICATION of treaty, (see Treaty-see Rule)........

RATIFICATION of amendments to treaties and of treaties. Questions on. (See Rule).. 38
READ, to the end that any mistakes may be corrected. The chair being taken, and a
quorum present, the journal will be....

READ any newspaper, while journals or public papers are being read, or a member is
speaking, &c. No member shall speak to another, otherwise interrupt the busi-
ness of the Senate, or.....

READ, no interruption to be made. While the journal or public papers are being..
READ before debated. A motion seconded shall be written if desired, delivered in at
table, and

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