Can You Swear On Senate Floor
Senator patrick leahy of vermont takes the oath of office from vice president biden to begin his new term on the first day of the 115th congress.
Can you swear on senate floor. O n thursday as a new year began and with it a new congress vice president mike pence swore in the senate s newly elected and re elected members on the senate floor. Search and watch previous proceedings starting with the 2 nd session of the 112 th congress. Yet given the constitution s speech or debate clause a senator likely could not be charged with perjury for swearing falsely on the senate floor. You don t actually have to swear on a christian bible tapper replied.
Convene for a pro forma session. Leahy is the dean of the senate and the incoming. Turns out there s a long history of beverage regulation in the legislative body. Stream live senate floor proceedings while a meeting is in progress.
In most cases cloture requires the support of three fifths of the senate. I don t know if you knew that. Schedule for monday sep 28 2020 2 45 p m. Floor action on h r 8337 the continuing resolution is expected prior to the end of the fiscal year.
Arming syrian rebels on senate floor september 18 2014 duration. Instead it is the senate itself that must. At a time to be determined thursday the senate will vote on confirmation of young nomination. Capitol hill twitter exploded over a report that senators were only allowed to drink milk and water on the floor.
Supporters of for instance a bill under floor consideration can file a cloture motion signed by at least 16 senators. Another message will be sent as more is known about the remainder of this week s vote schedule. The longest filibuster speech in the history of the senate was delivered by strom thurmond who spoke for over twenty four hours in an unsuccessful attempt to block the passage of the civil rights act of 1957. The event is typically a.
You can swear on a jewish bible. You can swear on anything really. Senate rule xxii often called the cloture rule does allow a supermajority to limit debate on a bill amendment or motion.