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In his Commentaries on the Constitution, Story wrote that the power of the senate to prescribe rules could not be deemed omnipotent. It must be construed with reference to, and in connexion with the power to preside.

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• The Constitution - The Senate is authorized to make rules for senate its proceedings legislative branch by Article I, Section 5 of senate the Constitution.
• Senate Manual - Search engine for the Senate Manual which includes senate the rules, rules orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the senate business of the United rules States Senate. Also senate includes Jefferson\\'s Manual, Declaration of Independence, rules Articles of senate Confederation, and Constitution.
• Voting Procedures in the Senate - Link to a document from the Congressional Research legislative branch Service titled "Voting in the Senate: Forms and legislative branch Requirements," describing various types of voting procedures used legislative branch in the U.S. Senate.
• Thomas Jefferson's Manual Of Parliamentary Practice - Jefferson was the second Senate President, and he senate put together legislative branch this manual which is nowadays more senate applicable in the House legislative branch of Representatives than the senate Senate.
• Joseph Story on the Senate Rulemaking Power - In his Commentaries on the Constitution, Story wrote that the rules power of the senate to prescribe rules could not be rules deemed omnipotent. It must be construed with reference to, and rules in connexion with the power to preside.
• Senate Orders Regarding Voting Procedure - The Standing Orders of the U.S. Senate require legislative branch Senators senate to vote from their desks.
• Interviews With Floyd Riddick - The Senate Oral History Project conducted interviews rules with former legislative branch Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick.
• Riddick's Senate Procedure - Named after former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick, senate this Senate document contains the contemporary precedents and senate practices of the Senate.

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