Senate Manual, Containing the Standing Rules and Orders of the United States Senate ...: Jefferson's Manual, EtcU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 583 pages |
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... privileged question , and proceeded with until disposed of . [ Jefferson's Manual , Secs . VI , XLIX . 2. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Senators duly chosen and sworn . [ Jefferson's Manual , Sec . VI . * Mr. Platt , of ...
... privileged question , and proceeded with until disposed of . [ Jefferson's Manual , Secs . VI , XLIX . 2. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the Senators duly chosen and sworn . [ Jefferson's Manual , Sec . VI . * Mr. Platt , of ...
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... privilege shall always be in order , except during the reading and correction of the Journal , while a ques- tion of order or a motion to adjourn is pending , or while the Senate is dividing ; and all questions and motions arising or ...
... privilege shall always be in order , except during the reading and correction of the Journal , while a ques- tion of order or a motion to adjourn is pending , or while the Senate is dividing ; and all questions and motions arising or ...
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... privileged motions , save as against a motion to adjourn , or to proceed to the consideration of executive business , or questions of privilege , to wit : First . A motion to proceed to the consideration of an appro- priation or revenue ...
... privileged motions , save as against a motion to adjourn , or to proceed to the consideration of executive business , or questions of privilege , to wit : First . A motion to proceed to the consideration of an appro- priation or revenue ...
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... Privileges and Elections , to consist of thir- teen Senators . A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds , to consist of twelve Senators , which shall have power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Representatives ...
... Privileges and Elections , to consist of thir- teen Senators . A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds , to consist of twelve Senators , which shall have power to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Representatives ...
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... , Sec . LI . PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR . No person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in session , except as follows : The President of the United States and his private secretary 28 Standing Rules of the Senate .
... , Sec . LI . PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR . No person shall be admitted to the floor of the Senate while in session , except as follows : The President of the United States and his private secretary 28 Standing Rules of the Senate .
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Page 420 - Congress assembled, by the consent of nine states, shall from time to time think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said Committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine states in the Congress of the United States assembled is requisite.
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Page 427 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress from time to time, which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the General Assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards, the legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
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