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A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that it is not in order in a committee to ask questions regarding a presidential nominee's religious affiliation.

Introduced: July 31, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2003
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule.
Jul 31, 2003
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends rule XXVI (Committee procedure) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide that in any proceeding of a committee considering a nomination made by the President of the United States to the Senate, it shall not be in order to ask any question of the nominee relating to his or her religious affiliation.

What's happening now July 31, 2003

Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule.

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