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" Thereafter no Senator shall be entitled to speak in all more than one hour on the measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty... "
Limitation on Debate in the Senate: Hearings Before the Committee on Rules ... - Page 291
by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1951 - 322 pages
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The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Volume 7

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 816 pages
...than one hotur on the pending measure, the amendments thereto and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to keep...presiding officer, shall be decided without debate." In the British Parliament no such rule existed till 1882, debate being unlimited; and the fairness...
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The American Senate

Lindsay Rogers - United States - 1926 - 344 pages
...than one hour on the pending measure, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to keep...presiding officer, shall be decided without debate." As is not unnatural, the Senate has been extremely reluctant to take action under this rule. Senator...
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Senate Manual Containing the Standing Rules, Orders, Laws, and Resolutions ...

United States. Congress. Senate - 1927 - 750 pages
...unanimous consent, no amendment shall be .in order after the vote to bring the debate to a close, iinless the same has been presented and read prior to that...presiding officer, shall be decided without debate. RULE XXIII. PREAMBLES. When a bill or resolution is accompanied by a preamble, the question shall first...
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Documents and Readings in American Government: National and State, and Local

John Mabry Mathews, Clarence Arthur Berdahl - Local government - 1928 - 1004 pages
...than one hour on the pending measure, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to keep...presiding officer, shall be decided without debate. d. Unanimous Consent Agreement [Congressional 'Record, vol. 65, pt. 4, pp. 3673-3674.] TIIK PRESIDING...
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Hearings

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1947 - 280 pages
...than one hour on the pending measure, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same and it shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep...relevancy, and appeals from the decision of the Presiding Offljer, shall be decided without debate." Senator WHERRY. By agreement, we will first hear from Senator...
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Congressional Serial Set

United States - 1949 - 1970 pages
...Senate, or the unfinished business, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep...Presiding Officer, shall be decided without debate." MINOEITY VIEWS The United States Senate established a system of free and unlimited debate in 1806,...
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Organization and Operation of Congress: Hearings Before the Committee on ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations - 1951 - 724 pages
...read prior to that time. No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall he in order. Points of order. Including questions of...Presiding Officer, shall be decided without debate." The CHAIRMAN. You may proceed, Senator. Senator LEHMAN. My proposal would, I hope, reconcile the need...
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Proposed Amendments to Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Special Subcommittee on Amendments to Rule XXII. - Cloture - 1957 - 380 pages
...time so yielded in addition to any period of time which he is entitled to speak in his own right. It shall be the duty of the Presiding Officer to keep...Presiding Officer, shall be decided without debate." SBC. 2. Subsection 3 of such rule is hereby repealed. [S. Res. 23, 85th Cong., 1st sess.] RESOLUTION...
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Proposed Amendments to Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration. Special Subcommittee on Amendments to Rule XXII. - Cloture - 1957 - 380 pages
...than 1 hour on the pending measure, the amendments thereto, and motions affecting the same, and it shall be the duty of the presiding officer to keep...presiding officer shall be decided without debate." The attempt to limit debate under rule XXII was made more difficult, if not imliossible, by a ruling...
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Hearings

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1957 - 402 pages
...(None) No dilatory motion, or dilatory amendment, or amendment not germane shall be in order. (None) Points of order, including questions of relevancy, and appeals from the decision nf the Presiding Officer, shall be decided without debate. (None) ...... See footnotes at end of table,...
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