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The Senate's power to establish rules derives from Article One, Section 5 of the United States Constitution: "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings ..." There are currently forty-five rules, with the latest revision adopted on January 24, 2013. [ 1 ]
The United States Senate has been called into closed session 54 times since 1929. Under the Standing Rules of the Senate , a closed session may be called by any senator through a simple motion . Once the motion is seconded , the presiding officer of the Senate directs the Capitol Police to clear the public galleries of spectators and close all ...
The House and Senate sections contain proceedings for the separate chambers of Congress. A section of the Congressional Record titled Extensions of Remarks contains speeches, tributes and other extraneous words that were not uttered during open proceedings of the full Senate or of the full House of Representatives. Witnesses in committee ...
The United States Senate Journal is a written record of proceedings within the United States Senate in accordance with Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution.. Each House shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either House, on any question ...
The United States Senate has the authority for meeting in closed session, as described in the Standing Rules of the Senate. The Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention met in secret. The Senate met in secret until 1794. The Senate’s executive sessions (such as nominations and treaties) were not opened until 1929.
WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on Thursday to move forward New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, for a floor vote.
Impeachment proceedings were held during the post-election, "lame duck" session of the outgoing 105th United States Congress. Unlike the case of the 1974 impeachment process against Richard Nixon , the committee hearings were perfunctory but the floor debate in the whole House was spirited on both sides.
PHOTO: Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, speaks during a bus tour stop for the Ohio Senate race in Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2024. (Joe Maiorana/AP)