Standing Rules of the Senate
RULE V
SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES
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.
2. The rules of the Senate shall continue from one Congress to
the next Congress unless they are changed as provided in these rules. |