[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 12 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 12

To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit filling the tree.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 12, 2009

Mr. Specter (for himself, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. Alexander) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit filling the tree.

    Resolved, That (a) rule XV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``6. Notwithstanding action on a first degree amendment, it shall 
not be in order for a Senator to offer a second degree amendment to his 
or her own first degree amendment.''.
     (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect at the 
beginning of the 111th Congress.
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