    [United States Senate Manual, 112th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 112-1]
    [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      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      2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one
                Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as
                provided in these rules.