[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 465 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 465

To permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for 
                     which floor debate has ceased.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 23 (legislative day, March 19), 2010

 Mr. Lautenberg submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
              to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                               RESOLUTION


 
To permit the Senate to avoid unnecessary delay and vote on matters for 
                     which floor debate has ceased.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. AMENDMENT TO THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE.

    Paragraph 2 of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is 
amended by--
            (1) inserting after the second undesignated subparagraph 
        the following:
    ``Following the filing of the cloture motion and prior to the 
cloture vote, as long as the matter on which cloture has been filed 
remains the pending matter--
            ``(1) there shall be no dilatory motion, including dilatory 
        quorum calls, in order; and
            ``(2) if, at any time, no Senator seeks recognition on the 
        floor, it shall be in order for the majority leader to move the 
        question on cloture as long as any applicable filing deadline 
        for first degree amendments has passed.''; and
            (2) inserting after the fifth undesignated subparagraph 
        (after the amendment by paragraph (1)) the following:
    ``If, at any time after cloture is invoked on an executive 
nomination or a motion to proceed, no Senator seeks recognition on the 
floor, it shall be in order for the majority leader to move the 
question on which cloture has been invoked.''.
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