Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule VIII
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Rule VIII 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 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 the order of business in 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...

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Order of proceedings

Paragraph 1 states that at the conclusion of the morning business and at the beginning of a new legislative day, the Senate shall proceed to the consideration of the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions and continue such consideration until two hours after the Senate convenes on such day (the end of the morning hour). Bills
Bill (proposed law)
A bill is a proposed law under consideration by a legislature. A bill does not become law until it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act or a statute....

 and resolutions
Resolution (law)
A resolution is a written motion adopted by a deliberative body. The substance of the resolution can be anything that can normally be proposed as a motion. For long or important motions, though, it is often better to have them written out so that discussion is easier or so that it can be...

 that are not objected to shall be taken up in their order unless upon motion the Senate.

Each Senator shall be entitled to speak once and not to exceed five minutes on any question and that an objection may be presented at any stage of the proceedings. Upon motion
Motion (democracy)
A motion is a formal step to introduce a matter for consideration by a group. It is a common concept in the procedure of trade unions, students' unions, corporations, and other deliberative assemblies...

, the Senate may continue such consideration and this order shall begin immediately after the call for other resolutions or after disposition of resolutions coming "over under the rule". The motion shall take precedence of the unfinished business and other special orders. If the Senate proceeds on motion with the consideration of any matter despite an objection, the foregoing provisions touching debate shall not apply.

Paragraph 2 states that all motions made during the first two hours of a new legislative day are to proceed to the consideration of any matter. That matter shall be determined without debate
Debate
Debate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...

. The exception for debate will be motions to proceed to the consideration of any motion, resolution, or proposal to change any of the Standing Rules of the Senate. Motions made after the first two hours of a new legislative day to proceed to the consideration of bills and resolutions are debatable.
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