SRES 246
111th Congress
Senate
Congress
Legislative rules and procedure
Senate
A resolution requiring that legislation considered by the Senate to be confined to a single issue.
Introduced: August 6, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9045)
Aug 6, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9045)
Aug 6, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Makes it out of order in the Senate to consider a bill or resolution that is not confined to a single subject.
Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9045)
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1