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The United States Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each U.S. state is represented by two senators, regardless of population. Senators serve staggered six-year terms.
एक संशोधन है कि बाहर से एक बिल या अन्य उपाय और एक अलग पूर्ण पाठ डालने के पूरे पाठ हड़ताल करेंगे.
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एक विभिन्न प्रयोजनों के लिए समितियों द्वारा इस्तेमाल प्रकाशन. उदाहरण के लिए, प्रत्येक स्थायी समिति के नियमों को एक समिति प्रिंट के रूप में प्रकाशित किया जा सकता है, और बिल या समिति की रिपोर्ट के प्रारूप के रूप में समिति प्रिंट उत्पादन किया जा सकता है.
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एक सीनेटर ने एक लंबित प्रश्न पर एक रोल कॉल वोट चाहता है "yeas और nays" प्रश्न पर लिए पूछता है. यदि अनुरोध एक कोरम के पांचवें से दूसरे नंबर दिया जाएगा, लेकिन इस कार्रवाई बहस का अंत नहीं ला करता है, यह केवल इसका मतलब है कि जब भी बहस खत्म नहीं होता, एक रोल कॉल वोट हो जाएगा.
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Term embracing bill, resolution and other matters on which the Senate takes action.
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A motion to adjourn in the Senate (or a committee) ends that day's session.
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The Parliamentarian is the Senate's advisor on the interpretation of its rules and procedures. Staff from the Parliamentarian's office sit on the Senate dais and advise the Presiding Officer on the conduct of Senate business. The office also refers bills to the appropriate committees on behalf of the Senate's Presiding Officer.
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From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together. " An informal organization of Members of the House or the Senate, or both, that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
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The principal vehicle employed by lawmakers for introducing their proposals (enacting or repealing laws, for example) in the Senate. Bills are designated S. 1, S. 2, and so on depending on the order in which they are introduced. They address either matters of general interest ("public bills") or narrow interest ("private bills"), such as immigration cases and individual claims against the Federal government.
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A proposed law passed by Congress must be presented to the President, who then has 10 days to approve or disapprove it. The President signs bills he supports, making them law. He vetoes a bill by returning it to the house in which it began, usually with a written message. Normally, bills he neither signs nor vetoes within 10 days become law without his signature.
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Budget authority that becomes available as the result of previously enacted legislation (substantive legislation or prior appropriations act) and does not require current action by Congress. Budget authority is considered to be "current" if provided in the current session of Congress and "permanent" if provided in prior sessions.
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