[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.