Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the Senate

Heitshusen, Valerie

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Senate;    Senate rules and procedure;    Congress;   

RP-ID  :  98-306
RP-ID  :  98-306_2006Sep29

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Senate’s presiding officer typically does not have responsibility for pro-actively ensuring that matters under consideration comply with the rules. Instead, Senators may enforce the Senate’s legislative rules and precedents by making points of order whenever they believe that one of those rules or precedents is, or is about to be, violated. This report briefly discusses the process by which a point of order is raised and ruled upon.