[United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
[S. Doc. 106-1]
[Standing Rules of the Senate]
[Page 5]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


         5                             RULE V

                        SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES

       5.1
       5.1      1. No motion to suspend, modify, or amend any rule, or 
            any part thereof, shall be in order, except on one day's 
            notice in writing, specifying precisely the rule or part 
            proposed to be suspended, modified, or amended, and the 
            purpose thereof. Any rule may be suspended without notice by 
            the unanimous consent of the Senate, except as otherwise 
            provided by the rules.
       5.2
       5.2      2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one 
            Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as 
            provided in these rules.

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