[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 7 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 7

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

                            January 3, 2013

 Mr. Merkley (for Mr. Lautenberg) submitted the following resolution; 
              which was ordered to lie over under the rule

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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 put 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 put the question 
on which cloture has been invoked.''.
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