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SRES 605 116th Congress Senate Congress Legislative rules and procedure Senate

A resolution providing for sufficient time for legislation to be read.

Introduced: June 3, 2020 Introduced by: Paul, Rand Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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Jun 3, 2020
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S2699)
Jun 3, 2020
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution makes it out of order in the Senate to consider any measure or matter until one session day has passed since introduction for every 20 pages included in the measure or matter, plus one session day for any number of remaining pages less than 20.

The resolution allows any Senator to raise a point of order that the consideration of any measure or matter is not in order if not enough days have passed since introduction. The point of order may be waived or suspended only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators.

What's happening now June 3, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text: CR S2699)

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