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Senate Rule XIV Procedures for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
Mr. REID. I now ask for its second reading but object to my own request.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will receive its second reading on
the next legislative day.
In the next edition of the calendar on January 16, this action was recorded in the section Bills and
Joint Resolutions Read the First Time. The measure was held at the desk.
Since objection had been heard to the second reading, the presiding officer recognized Senator
Ken Salazar, the majority leader's designee, the next legislative day, January 16, during the
Senate's conduct of morning business:
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I understand S. 287 is at the desk and due for a second
reading.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The clerk will state the bill by title.
(The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 287) to prohibit the use of funds for an
escalation of United States military forces in Iraq above the numbers existing as of January
9, 2007.)
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I object to any further proceeding with respect to the bill [in
order to place it on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV].
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The bill will be placed on the calendar.
S. 287 had received its second reading, but there was objection to further proceeding on it. The
presiding officer, under Rule XIV, ordered that the bill be placed on the Senate Calendar. In the
calendar beginning January 17, S. 287 appeared in the section General Orders, with other
measures available for floor consideration.
Bills and joint resolutions are also sometimes placed on the calendar by unanimous consent. (For
more information, see CRS Report RS22299, Routes to the Senate Floor: Rule XIV and
Unanimous Consent, by Michael L. Koempel.)
Author Contact Information
Michael L. Koempel
Senior Specialist in American National Government
mkoempel@crs.loc.gov, 7-0165
Congressional Research Servicee
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