Rule V of the Standing Rules of the United States Senate

Standing Rules of the United States Senate

The Standing Rules of the Senate are the rules of order 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..."There are...

, established by the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

The Senate Committee on Rules and Administration is responsible for the rules of the United States Senate, with administration of congressional buildings, and with credentials and qualifications of members of the Senate, including responsibility for dealing with contested elections.The committee...

, governs amendments to the rules and suspension of the rules.

Opening a business day

Paragraph 1 states that there shall be no motion to suspend, modify, or amend any part of a rule or rule itself except on one day's notice in writing. The notification is to specify precisely the rule or part proposed to be suspended, modified, or amended, and the purpose for such. Any rule may be suspended without notice by the unanimous consent of the Senate, except as otherwise provided by the rules.

Paragraph 2 states that the rules of the Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

shall continue from one Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as provided in these rules.