The Official U.S. Senate Committee on Rules & Administration. President and Executive Director, National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
*Tables list appropriation bills, hearings, and reports by fiscal year. Beginning with FY2017, tables link to Congress.gov or the Congressional Research Service. In 1789, the first U.S. Senate adopted rules allowing senators to move the previous question (by simple majority vote), which meant ending debate and proceeding to a vote. But in 1806, the Senate's presiding officer, Vice President Aaron Burr argued that the previous-question motion was redundant, had only been exercised once in the preceding For the purposes of paragraph 1 of rule XXV; paragraphs 1, 7(a)(1)-(2), 9, and 10(a) of rule XXVI; and paragraphs 1(a)-(d), and 2(a) and (d) of rule XXVII of the Standing Rules of the Senate; and the purposes of section 202(I) and (j) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the special committee shall be treated as a standing committee Senate employees are prohibited from receiving juror fees for service in a court of the United States or the District of Columbia. See 2 U.S.C. § 130b . All fees for service must be either refused or turned over to the United States Treasury (contact the Financial Clerk at the Disbursing Office for instructions on remitting the funds). A: Under federal law and Senate rules, if a sporting or entertainment ticket does not have a face value, its value is that of the ticket with the highest face value for the particular event, plus the value of any other items you receive for free at the event (i.e., food, parking access, etc.).
(a) Unless authorized by the Senate (or by the President of the United States after an adjournment sine die), no funds from the United States Government (including foreign currencies made available under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) shall be received for the purpose of travel outside the United States by
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The nuclear option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the United States Senate to override a standing rule of the Senate, such as the 60-vote rule to close debate, by a simple majority of 51 votes, rather than the two-thirds supermajority normally required to amend the rules. Links to biographical information, Senate service accomplishments, military service, awards and honors, and more for current and former senators. States in the Senate Lists of all senators from each state and facts about each state's history in the U.S. Senate. The Senate Manual, prepared during the second session of each Congress by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, contains the standing rules, orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the Senate, as well as copies of historical U.S. documents, such as Jefferson's Manual, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution of the United States, et cetera. and selected May 18, 2018 · 1806: The U.S. Senate amends its rulebook in a way that unwittingly allows a member or members to stall action by speaking for hours on end.The Senate, acting at the request of Vice President Aaron Burr, eliminated a provision called the "previous question" rule that allowed the chamber to cut off floor debate. United States Senate Censure Cases Article I, Section 5, of the United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member." (a) Unless authorized by the Senate (or by the President of the United States after an adjournment sine die), no funds from the United States Government (including foreign currencies made available under section 502(b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754(b)) shall be received for the purpose of travel outside the United States by