The Standing Rules of the Senate detail the rules of order of the United States Senate. The latest version was adopted on April 27, 2000 and is comprised of the following 43 rules. Rules of order, also known as standing orders or rules of procedure, are the written rules of parliamentary procedure adopted by a deliberative assembly, which detail the processes used by the body to make decisions. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ...
Senate Rules by Number
Appointment of a Senator to the Chair
Presentation of credentials and questions of privilege
Oaths
Commencement of daily sessions
Suspension and amendment of the rules
Quorum--absent Senators may be sent for
Morning business
Order of business
Messages
Special orders
Papers--withdrawal, printing, reading of, and reference
Voting procedure
Reconsideration
Bills, joint resolutions, resolutions, and preambles thereto
Amendments and motions
Appropriations and amendments to general appropriations bills
Reference to committees; motions to discharge; reports of committees; and hearings available
Business continued from session to session
Debate
Questions of order
Session with closed doors
Precedence of motions
Privilege of the floor
Appointment of committees
Standing committees
Committee procedure
Committee staff
Conference committees; reports; open meetings
Executive sessions
Executive session--proceedings on treaties
Executive session--proceedings on nominations
The President furnished with copies of records of executive sessions
Senate Chamber--Senate wing of the Capitol
Public financial disclosure
Gifts
Outside earned income
Conflict of interest
Prohibition of unofficial office accounts
Foreign travel
Franking privilege and radio and television studios
The senator from each state with the longer tenure is known as the "senior senator," and his or her counterpart as the "junior senator"; this convention, however, does not have any special significance.
The Senate meets in the UnitedStates Capitol in Washington, D.C. Like the House of Representatives, the Senate meets in the UnitedStates Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the Chamber of the Senate is a dais from which the Presiding Officer (the Vice President or the President pro Tempore) presides.
UnitedStates, although the Senate's advice and consent is required for the appointment of certain executive branch officials, it is not necessary for their removal.
The Vice President of the UnitedStates also serves as President of the Senate and is empowered with the duty of presiding over all proceedings and breaking tie votes.
The agenda of the Senate is determined by the Majority floor leader (leader of the party with a majority of seats), who is assisted by a Majority whip (responsible for "whipping" party member in line).
Senators serve for terms of six years; the terms are staggered so that approximately one-third of the Senate is up for election every two years: each time there are elections in about 33 states for one of the two seats.
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