[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 27, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S2711]
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         SENATE RESOLUTION 502--ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS

  Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Grassley) submitted the following 
resolution; which was:

                              S. Res. 502

       Resolved,

     SECTION 1. ELIMINATING SECRET SENATE HOLDS.

       Rule VII of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended by 
     adding at the end the following:
       ``7. (a) The majority and minority leaders of the Senate or 
     their designees shall recognize a notice of intent of a 
     Senator who is a member of their caucus to object to 
     proceeding to a measure or matter only if the Senator--
       ``(1) submits the notice of intent in writing to the 
     appropriate leader or their designee and grants in the notice 
     permission for the leader or designee to object in the 
     Senator's name; and
       ``(2) not later than 2 session days after the submission 
     under clause (1), submits for inclusion in the Congressional 
     Record and in the applicable calendar section described in 
     subparagraph (b) the following notice:
       `` `I, Senator ___, intend to object to proceeding to ___, 
     dated ___.'
       ``(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall maintain for both 
     the Senate Calendar of Business and the Senate Executive 
     Calendar a separate section entitled `Notices of Intent to 
     Object to Proceeding'. Each section shall include the name of 
     each Senator filing a notice under subparagraph (a)(2), the 
     measure or matter covered by the calendar that the Senator 
     objects to, and the date the objection was filed.
       ``(c) A Senator may have an item relating to that Senator 
     removed from a calendar to which it was added under 
     subparagraph (b) by submitting for inclusion in the 
     Congressional Record the following notice:
       `` `I, Senator ___, do not object to proceeding to ____, 
     dated ____.'.''.

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