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Contains the separate rules for the various committees, and describes their jurisdictions.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=162.140.64.88&filename=sd006.1....
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Senate Orders Regarding Voting Procedure
The Standing Orders of the U.S. Senate require Senators to vote from their desks.
http://www.c-span.org/questions/week105.asp
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Senate Election Law Guidebook
Describes how to run for the United States Senate, including the relevant federal laws and
constitutional provisions.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/useftp.cgi?IPaddress=162.140.64.21&filename=sd014.1....
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Voting Procedures in the Senate
Link to a document from the Congressional Research Service titled "Voting in the Senate: Forms
and Requirements," describing various types of voting procedures used in the U.S. Senate.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Votes_vrd.htm
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Senate Manual
Search engine for the Senate Manual which includes the rules, orders, laws, and resolutions
affecting the business of the United States Senate; Jefferson's Manual, Declaration of
Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution, etc.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/smanual/index.html
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Joseph Story on the Senate Rulemaking Power
In his Commentaries on the Constitution, Story wrote that the power of the senate to prescribe
rules could not be deemed omnipotent. It must be construed with reference to, and in connexion with
the power to preside.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_3_4-5s4.html
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The Constitution
The Senate is authorized to make rules for its proceedings by Article I, Section 5 of the
Constitution.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_5.html
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Riddick's Senate Procedure
Named after former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick, this Senate document contains the
contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/riddick/
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Interviews With Floyd Riddick
The Senate Oral History Project conducted extensive interviews with former Senate Parliamentarian
Floyd M. Riddick.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/oral_history/Floyd_M_Riddick.htm
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Thomas Jefferson's Manual Of Parliamentary Practice
Jefferson was the second Senate President, and he put together this manual which is nowadays more
applicable in the House of Representatives than the Senate.
http://www.history1700s.com/tjmpp.shtml
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Standing Rules of the Senate
U.S. Senate is authorized by the Constitution to determine the rules of its proceedings, and the
Senate Rules are available here courtesy of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee.
http://rules.senate.gov/senaterules/menu.htm
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