    [United States Senate Manual, 104th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 104-1]
    [Standing Rules of the Senate]
    [Pages 4-5]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

             4                             RULE IV

                               COMMENCEMENT OF DAILY SESSIONS

          4.1a      1.(a)\1\ The Presiding Officer having taken the chair,
                following the prayer by the Chaplain, and a quorum being
                present, the Journal of the preceding day shall be read
                unless by nondebatable motion the reading shall be waived,
                the question being, ``Shall the Journal stand approved to
                date?'', and any mistake made in the entries corrected.
                Except as provided in subparagraph (b) the reading of the
                Journal shall not be suspended unless by unanimous consent;
                and when any motion shall be made to amend or correct the
                same, it shall be deemed a privileged question, and
                proceeded with until disposed of.
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                    \1\As amended by S. Res. 28, 99-2, Feb. 27, 1986.
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          4.1b      (b) Whenever the Senate is proceeding under paragraph 2
                of rule XXII, the reading of the Journal shall be dispensed
                with and shall be considered approved to date.
          4.1c      (c) The proceedings of the Senate shall be briefly and
                accurately stated on the Journal. Messages of the President
                in full; titles of bills and resolutions, and such parts as
                shall be affected by proposed amendments; every vote, and a
                brief statement of the contents of each petition, memorial,
                or paper presented to the Senate, shall be entered.

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          4.1d      (d) The legislative, the executive, the confidential
                legislative proceedings, and the proceedings when sitting as
                a Court of Impeachment, shall each be recorded in a separate
                book.
           4.2      2. During a session of the Senate when that body is in
                continuous session, the Presiding Officer shall temporarily
                suspend the business of the Senate at noon each day for the
                purpose of having the customary daily prayer by the
                Chaplain.