[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 4234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  SENATE RESOLUTION 83--TO AMEND THE STANDING RULES OF THE SENATE TO 
                       PROHIBIT FILLING THE TREE

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

                               S. Res. 83

       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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