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20 kwi 2018 · Paragraph 5(a) of Senate Rule XXVI, sometimes referred to as the “two-hour rule,” restricts the times that most Senate committees and subcommittees can meet when the full Senate is in session.
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No senator may speak for more than one hour. A senator may yield part or all of their one hour to a floor manager or leader, who may in turn yield that time to other senators. (No manager nor leader may have more than two hours yielded to them by another senator.) The two-speech rule does not apply. [2]: 305
The Standing Rules of the Senate are the parliamentary procedures adopted by the United States Senate that govern its procedure. The Senate's power to establish rules derives from Article One, Section 5 of the United States Constitution: "Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings ..."
2 kwi 2021 · The Constitution (Article I, section 5, clause 2) empowers the Senate to set its rules. Senators have used that power over time in different ways. As a result, a complex assortment of standing rules, statutory rules, standing orders, and precedents presently regulate how the Senate makes decisions.
On April 3, 2019, the Senate voted to change the body's precedent and reduce post-cloture debate allowed on executive nominees below the Cabinet-level and federal district court nominees from 30 hours to 2 hours. Two separate votes on executive nominees and judicial nominees passed 51-48.
The Senate adopted its first set of rules shortly after achieving a quorum in April 1789, borrowing heavily from the rules that had governed the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention.
