S.Res. 16: A resolution amending the Standing Rules of the Senate.

Introduced:
Jan 24, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Sen. Harry Reid [D-NV]
Status:
Agreed To (Simple Resolution)

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Status

This simple resolution was agreed to on January 24, 2013. That is the end of the legislative process for a simple resolution.

Progress
Introduced Jan 24, 2013
Agreed To (Simple Resolution) Jan 24, 2013
Votes

Senate Vote on Passage
Jan 24, 2013 8:20 p.m.
Resolution Agreed to 86/9

Prognosis

100% chance of being agreed to.

98% of Senate simple resolutions that made it past committee in 2011–2013 were agreed to. [show factors | methodology]

Cosponsors
3 cosponsors (2R, 1D) (show)
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Last updated Jan 24, 2013.
3 pages

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1/24/2013--Passed Senate without amendment.
Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prescribe a procedure for a bipartisan cloture motion on a motion to proceed to a measure or matter.
Requires the motion to be signed by 16 Senators, including the Majority Leader, the Minority Leader, 7 additional Senators not affiliated with the majority, and 7 additional Senators not affiliated with the minority.
Requires:
(1) the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the Presiding Officer's direction, to lay the motion before the Senate one hour after the Senate meets on the following calendar day; and
(2) a vote on the motion, without further debate, if cloture is invoked.
Amends Rule XXVIII (Conference Committees; Reports; Open Meetings) to make it in order, when a message from the House of Representatives is laid before the Senate, for a single, non-divisible motion to be made that includes motions to:
(1) disagree to a House amendment or to insist upon a Senate amendment,
(2) request a committee of conference with the House or to agree to a request by the House for a committee of conference, and
(3) authorize the Presiding Officer to appoint conferees (or a motion to appoint conferees).
Limits to two hours any debate, equally divided in the usual form, on a cloture motion presented on such motions.
Requires:
(1) the Presiding Officer, or the clerk at the Presiding Officer's direction, to lay the motion before the Senate; and
(2) a vote on the motion, without further debate, if cloture is invoked.

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