S.Res. 10 — 112th Congress
A resolution to improve the debate and consideration of legislative matters and nominations in the Senate.
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Jan 27, 2011Returned to the Calendar. Under Over, Under the Rule.
CRS summary
As of Jan 5, 2011Introduced in Senate
Amends Rule VIII (Order of Business) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to repeal the rule that motions: (1) made during the first two hours of a new legislative day to proceed to consideration of any matter be determined without debate, except motions or measures to amend the Standing Rules; or (2) made after the two-hour period be subject to debate.
Limits debate on a motion to proceed to consideration of any matter, and any related debatable motion or appeal, to two hours, equally divided between, and controlled by, the majority and minority leaders or their designees. Makes non-debatable any motion to: (1) go into executive session to consider a specified item of executive business; or (2) proceed to consider any privileged matter.
Prohibits a Senator from objecting on behalf of another Senator to proceeding to a motion or matter without disclosing that Senator's name (thus eliminating secret holds).
Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) to authorize the majority and minority leader, after debate has concluded under the rule (cloture) but before final disposition of the pending matter, to each offer up to three amendments identified as leadership amendments if they have been timely filed and are germane to the matter being amended. Limits debate on a leadership amendment to one hour equally divided. Prohibits division of such amendments.
Repeals the requirement that a measure, motion, or other matter pending before the Senate, or the unfinished business, be the unfinished business to the exclusion of all other business until its disposal once cloture is invoked on continuous debate about the matter.
Revises the procedure following the failure of a cloture vote on a pending measure, motion, or other matter. Requires the Senate, if the question on a cloture motion is decided in the negative, to enter a period of continuous debate (filibuster) on the pending measure, motion, other matter, or the unfinished business. Requires such period to continue as long as the subject of the cloture vote is the pending business. Requires the Presiding Officer, if no Senator seeks recognition during the period of a filibuster, to note that such period has ended and cloture shall be considered invoked.
Requires the reading of any Senate or House amendment to be dispensed with, after cloture is invoked (as under the current Rule) or during a filibuster period, when the proposed amendment has been: (1) identified; and (2) available in printed form at the desk of the Members for at least 24 hours.Limits postcloture debate on a nomination to two hours.
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Roll-call votes
1 on recordJan 27, 2011 · On the Resolution
Full roll call17 of 100 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.
Yea — 44: 36 D · 2 I
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| LAUTENBERG, Frank Raleigh | NJ |
| BINGAMAN, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. | NM |
| LIEBERMAN, Joseph I. | CT |
| NELSON, Earl Benjamin | NE |
| AKAKA, Daniel Kahikina | HI |
| CONRAD, Kent | ND |
| Mark Begich | AK |
| Barbara Boxer | CA |
| Mark Udall | CO |
| Michael F. Bennet | CO |
| Richard Blumenthal | CT |
| Christopher A. Coons | DE |
| Thomas R. Carper | DE |
| Bill Nelson | FL |
| Tom Harkin | IA |
| Richard J. Durbin | IL |
| Mary L. Landrieu | LA |
| Barbara A. Mikulski | MD |
| Benjamin L. Cardin | MD |
| Carl Levin | MI |
| Debbie Stabenow | MI |
| Al Franken | MN |
| Amy Klobuchar | MN |
| Claire McCaskill | MO |
| Jon Tester | MT |
| Kay R. Hagan | NC |
| Jeanne Shaheen | NH |
| Robert Menendez | NJ |
| Tom Udall | NM |
| Charles E. Schumer | NY |
| Kirsten E. Gillibrand | NY |
| Sherrod Brown | OH |
| Jeff Merkley | OR |
| Ron Wyden | OR |
| Robert P. Casey, Jr. | PA |
| Sheldon Whitehouse | RI |
| Tim Johnson | SD |
| Mark R. Warner | VA |
| Patrick J. Leahy | VT |
| Maria Cantwell | WA |
| Patty Murray | WA |
| John D. Rockefeller, IV | WV |
| Bernard Sanders | VT |
| Joe Manchin, III | WV |
Nay — 51: 40 R · 3 D
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| LUGAR, Richard Green | IN |
| WEBB, James H. | VA |
| ENSIGN, John Eric | NV |
| BAUCUS, Max Sieben | MT |
| SNOWE, Olympia Jean | ME |
| DeMINT, James W. | SC |
| KOHL, Herbert H. | WI |
| BROWN, Scott P. | MA |
| Mark L. Pryor | AR |
| Harry Reid | NV |
| Jack Reed | RI |
| Lisa Murkowski | AK |
| Jeff Sessions | AL |
| Richard C. Shelby | AL |
| John Boozman | AR |
| Jon Kyl | AZ |
| Marco Rubio | FL |
| Johnny Isakson | GA |
| Saxby Chambliss | GA |
| Chuck Grassley | IA |
| James E. Risch | ID |
| Mike Crapo | ID |
| Mark Kirk | IL |
| Daniel Coats | IN |
| Jerry Moran | KS |
| Pat Roberts | KS |
| Mitch McConnell | KY |
| Rand Paul | KY |
| David Vitter | LA |
| Susan M. Collins | ME |
| Roy Blunt | MO |
| Roger F. Wicker | MS |
| Thad Cochran | MS |
| Richard Burr | NC |
| John Hoeven | ND |
| Mike Johanns | NE |
| Kelly Ayotte | NH |
| Rob Portman | OH |
| James M. Inhofe | OK |
| Tom Coburn | OK |
| Patrick J. Toomey | PA |
| Lindsey Graham | SC |
| John Thune | SD |
| Bob Corker | TN |
| Lamar Alexander | TN |
| John Cornyn | TX |
| Mike Lee | UT |
| Orrin G. Hatch | UT |
| Ron Johnson | WI |
| John Barrasso | WY |
| Michael B. Enzi | WY |
Not Voting — 5: 1 D · 1 R
| Member | State |
|---|---|
| INOUYE, Daniel Ken | HI |
| HUTCHISON, Kathryn Ann Bailey | TX |
| KERRY, John Forbes | MA |
| Dianne Feinstein | CA |
| John McCain | AZ |
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