S.RES.12: A resolution to amend the Standing Rules of the Senate to reform the filibuster rules to improve the daily process of the Senate.

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Amends Rule XXII (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Senators present and voting (instead of, as currently, chosen and sworn) for passage of a motion to close debate (cloture) on all matters except motions or measures to amend the Standing Rules. Amends Rule VIII (Order of Business) to repeal the rule that motions: (1) made during the first two hours of a new...

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Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jan. 5, 2011

Introduced in the Senate by Mark Udall (D-Colo.)

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