Rules of the Senate
DEBATE
1. (a) When a Senator desires to speak, he shall rise
and address the Presiding Officer, and shall not proceed until he is
recognized, and the Presiding Officer shall recognize the Senator who
shall first address him. No Senator shall interrupt another Senator in
debate without his consent, and to obtain such consent he shall first
address the Presiding Officer, and no Senator shall speak more than
twice upon any one question in debate on the same legislative day
without leave of the Senate, which shall be determined without debate.
(b) At the conclusion of the morning hour at the
beginning of a new legislative day or after the unfinished business or
any pending business has first been laid before the Senate on any
calendar day, and until after the duration of three hours of actual
session after such business is laid down except as determined to the
contrary by unanimous consent or on motion without debate, all debate
shall be germane and confined to the specific question then pending
before the Senate.
2. No Senator in debate shall, directly or indirectly,
by any form of words impute to another Senator or to other Senators any
conduct or motive unworthy or unbecoming a Senator.
3. No Senator in debate shall refer offensively to any State of the Union.
4. If any Senator, in speaking or otherwise, in the
opinion of the Presiding Officer transgress the rules of the Senate the
Presiding Officer shall, either on his own motion or at the request of
any other Senator, call him to order; and when a Senator shall be called
to order he shall take his seat, and may not proceed without leave of
the Senate, which, if granted, shall be upon motion that he be allowed
to proceed in order, which motion shall be determined without debate.
Any Senator directed by the Presiding Officer to take his seat, and any
Senator requesting the Presiding Officer to require a Senator to take
his seat, may appeal from the ruling of the Chair, which appeal shall be
open to debate.
5. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken in
debate, upon the demand of the Senator or of any other Senator, the
exceptionable words shall be taken down in writing, and read at the
table for the information of the Senate.
6. Whenever confusion arises in the Chamber or the
galleries, or demonstrations of approval or disapproval are indulged in
by the occupants of the galleries, it shall be the duty of the Chair to
enforce order on his own initiative and without any point of order being
made by a Senator.
7. No Senator shall introduce to or bring to the
attention of the Senate during its sessions any occupant in the
galleries of the Senate. No motion to suspend this rule shall be in
order, nor may the Presiding Officer entertain any request to suspend it
by unanimous consent.
8. Former Presidents of the United States shall be
entitled to address the Senate upon appropriate notice to the Presiding
Officer who shall thereupon make the necessary arrangements.
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