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Thurman, Allan G. (President pro tempore):
Observations of, in counting the Senate to ascertain if a quorum
was present....

Tie vote:

On appeal from decision of presiding officer, sustains the Chair..
Treaties:

All confidential communications laid before Senate to be kept
secret.....

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Almost uniform practice to consider, in executive sessions..
Efforts made to secure consideration of, with Indian tribes, in
open session....

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Effort made to have a reciprocity treaty with Mexico considered
in open session..

Efforts made to have, for annexation of the entire dominion of a
foreign power, discussed in open session.

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Effort made to have fisheries treaty with Great Britain considered
in open session....

Effort made to have a pending treaty with China considered in
open session...

For early attempts to have, considered with open doors..
That all treaties shall be kept secret after December 22, 1800..
Two-thirds vote. (See Vote.)

Unanimous consent:

After, has been given and action had on a bill, it is too late to
object to its consideration....

Agreements for, are far more formal than the consent given in the

general run of business with silent acquiescence.

May not yield the floor to another except by...

A letter read into the Record by, may be excluded by a.

A, may be displaced by a subsequent...

An agreement for, not same in all particulars as a unanimous
consent agreement...

In order to ask for, at any time..

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Form for reporting a bill from a committee and asking, for its
immediate consideration.....

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Is necessary to secure consideration of an amendment upon third
reading of a bill......

Agreements for, are noted upon title-page of the Calendar.
Agreements for, are stated in terms by the presiding officer..
May not displace unfinished business, after being temporarily
laid aside by, by taking up for consideration another bill..............

Request for consideration of a bill by, during the morning hour..
A, having been given in committee of the whole to dispense with
the reading of a bill, it would not be competent to raise the
question again in the Senate..

Unanimous consent agreement:

Agreements for, are noted upon title-page of the Calendar.
Agreements for, are stated in terms by the presiding officer.
Debate not in order until vote is announced on or pending, to
vote on a bill.

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It is for the Senate to determine if it will violate a, agreement..
May be violated under a..

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Must proceed to vote upon a pending bill under a, agreement...
No rule covering, agreements..

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Not a violation of, to lay amendments on the table.
A, not same in all partiuclars as for unanimous consent.
A Senator may violate a..

An amendment to income-tax amendment to the constitution
relating to election of Senators by the people, was not germane
and was in violation of the, to vote on all amendments on
day designated....

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Unanimous consent agreement-Continued.
Making a bill unfinished business may not annul a

To postpone a bill to a day certain after a, had been entered
into for its passage not in order....

If the absence of a quorum is suggested while the Senate is act-
ing under a, the roll may be called...

A, to consider certain legislation at the conclusion of routine
morning business having been entered into, a motion to pro-
ceed to the consideration of another and different matter is
in order.....

A, may not be reconsidered or withdrawn..

A question whether a unanimous consent agreement has been
agreed to may be submitted to the Senate..

Notwithstanding a, a motion to adjourn or to go into executive
session in order..

Motion to adjourn in order notwithstanding a..

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Unfinished business:

An amendment to income-tax amendment to the constitution
relating to the election of Senators by the people is in viola-
tion of, and not germane...

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Special orders supersede, when it has been displaced on a motion.. 18, 10
A matter taken up after 2 o'clock p. m., becomes the....
When the question of the choosing of a president pro tempore is
pending the presiding officer may not lay before the Senate
the.

A bill may be made the, by action of the Senate and may not
annul a unanimous consent agreement....
May not be diplaced as, after being temporarily laid aside by
unanimous consent by taking up for consideration another bill..
Demand for the regular order takes Senate back to the.....
The, not displaced when temporarily laid aside by a motion
to take up another bill...

Although the, is temporarily laid aside, a motion to take up
another bill, if carried, will displace it as..

When the, is laid before the Senate it does not take a Senator
from the floor...

A bill may be made the, after 2 o'clock p. m., by a vote of the
Senate, and if temporarily laid aside, still retains its place as..
May not be laid before the Senate during the election of a
president pro tempore...........

Vacancies:

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556

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556, 557
557

6 557,558

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On committees, how filled in case a Senator is excused from
service on......

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595

Veto:

Bill similar to one vetoed by President may be introduced at the
same session....

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216

Method of passing a bill over President's.

18

610

On reconsideration of a bill vetoed, debate is in order.
Two-thirds vote of Senators present required to pass a bill over.
Vote on failure to pass a bill over a, may be reconsidered....
Vice President:

Announcements of appointments by.....

Certificates of action of electors in the States must be trans-
Imitted to the..

Duties of, in joint meeting to canvass the electoral vote
Empowered by statute to administer oaths to witnesses in cer-
tain cases..

Has certain appointments to make by statutory provisions.
Has certain supervisory control over uses and occupancy of
Capitol grounds....

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Vice President-Continued.

Manner in which the, presents petitions and memorials that
come to his hands...

Method of casting vote, in case of a tie...

Method of presenting in Senate the official ascertainment of
electors for..

On powers and duties of, to preserve order.

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Powers of, to demand reasons of a Senator for failure to vote..
President pro tempore receives compensation of, when there is
vacancy in office of.....

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Question as to right of, to vote in the case of seating a Senator..
Rules relative to..

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566, 579

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Tenure of office of.

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Tie vote on appeal from decision of, sustains the Chair..
Vote of, in case of a tie on election of officers and confirmation of
nominations.....

Vote of, in the affirmative on a tie vote carries an amendment
that becomes a part of the Constitution of the United States...
Votes on a tie vote to adjourn over...
Voting to break a tie.....

Views:

A minority of a committee has no power to originate or bring in
a bill, but may submit its...

May be expressed by a bill, but it has no parliamentary status...
Views of the minority:

Leave having been asked to submit, of the joint committee to
inquire into the conditions of the States which formed the so-
called Confederate States of America, a resolution was passed
stating that "in receiving said paper subsequent to the time
when the majority report was received, the Senate does not
mean to sanction the right to present said paper at this time,
nor to establish a precedent for its future action"
The, no part of a report of a committee.....

Vote:

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A question of order and a motion for executive business may not
be entertained after a roll call until the, is announced
A Senator may, after result is announced, when such made no
difference in the result..

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A Senator excused from voting on impeachment of James H.
Peck..

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A two-thirds, of Senators present required to pass a bill over a

veto..

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578

All officers of both Houses must be elected by a majority,
not by a plurality..

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Any Senator may move a reconsideration where there was no,
by yeas and nays..

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Chair has no authority to require Senators declining to, to assign
reasons therefor.

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Debate not in order until, is announced, or pending unanimous
consent to, on a bill..

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Manner in which Vice President votes, in case the Senate is
equally divided...

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May not reconsider a, in absence of a quorum.
Method of securing reconsideration of, on passage of a bill which
has gone to the House, and upon which the time limit for
reconsideration has expired.....

Motion to reconsider, on agreeing to a conference report may be
laid on table without carrying the report......

No motion in order until vote on pending question is announced.
No Senator permitted to, after decision is announced..

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Vote-Continued.

Only a, of two-thirds of Senators present required to pass on
amendments to the Constitution...

On failure to pass a bill over the veto of the President, may be
reconsidered..

On powers of presiding officer to demand reasons of a Senator for
failure to vote...

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Question of granting leave to withdraw motion to reconsider a,
may be laid on the table.....

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Question of right of Vice President to vote in case of seating a
Senator...

Quorum, not practice to count, in order to make a, as present those
Senators who announce pairs and refrain from..
Relating to Senators present, but not...

Relating to the right of the Vice President, when the Senate is
equally divided, to....

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Resolutions amending the rules relating to, had three readings.
Right of Vice President to vote in case of a tie on election of Sen-
ate officers, and on confirmation or rejection of nominations...
Rule pertaining to.......

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579

510

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567

572

Senator may refuse to answer to his name when called to, when
he is paired off with another Senator...

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Senators may decline to, although Senate refuses to excuse.
Special orders may be postponed by a majority, although it re-
quires a two-thirds, to make subjects special orders..
Senators in contempt may not..........

Senators present but not, no motion may be interposed between
calling the yeas and nays and announcement of the...
Two-thirds, not necessary on an amendment to a joint resolution
to amend the Constitution of the United States...
Under unanimous-consent agreement must proceed with, on
pending bill............

Vice President votes to break a tie..

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When Senators have been adjudged to be in contempt they can
not..

While vote is being taken, motion to adjourn may not be put...
While requesting a Senator to assign reasons for not, no quorum
being present, not in order to adjourn...

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Letter of Duncan S. Walker, relating to political record, history,
etc., of, read into the Record by unanimous consent may be
excluded by a vote of the Senate...

580

During discussion of bill declaring existence of, doors are closed..
Webster, Daniel:

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Views of, on question of granting a conference where one body
requests, and the other has adhered..

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Witnesses:

Vice President empowered to administer oaths to, in certain cases.
Yeas and nays:

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Any Senator can move a reconsideration where there was no vote
by.

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One-fifth of Senators present must sustain the demand for, to
secure calling of...

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Senator on a call of the, may decline to answer, if paired.
Senators present but not voting, no motion may be interposed
between calling the, and announcement of the result....

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Yeas and nays-Continued.

Senators failing to respond to call of names on formal roll call are
given opportunity to vote at conclusion of alphabetical call of..
May not call for the, when refused, after a quorum is disclosed
by a roll call....

Decision of Chair that, were in order while a Senator was demand-
ing recognition, but not stating object for which he desired
recognition...

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The, may be demanded when a Senator addresses the Chair, and
before he has finished...

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The, having been refused they may not be again asked for on the
same question.....

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