[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 207 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 207

Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that it is not in 
    order in a committee to ask questions regarding a presidential 
                    nominee's religious affiliation.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 31 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

    Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted the following 
       resolution; which was ordered to lie over, under the rule

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that it is not in 
    order in a committee to ask questions regarding a presidential 
                    nominee's religious affiliation.

    Resolved, That rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by adding at the end of the following:
            ``14. In any proceeding of a committee considering a 
        nomination made by the President of the United States to the 
        Senate, it shall not be in order to ask any question of the 
        nominee relating to the religious affiliation of the 
        nominee.''.
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