[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 62 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S2722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 NOTICE OF INTENT TO SUSPEND THE RULES

  Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Madam President, I submit the following notice 
in writing:

       In accordance with Rule V of the Standing Rules of the 
     Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my 
     intention to move to suspend the following portions of the 
     Rules and Procedure and Practice in the Senate When Sitting 
     on Impeachment Trials in regard to debate by Senators during 
     the trial of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro 
     Mayorkas: (1) The phrase ``without debate'' in Rule VII; (2) 
     The following portion of Rule XX: ``, unless the Senate shall 
     direct the doors to be closed while deliberating upon its 
     decisions. A motion to close the doors may be acted upon 
     without objection, or, if objection is heard, the motion 
     shall be voted on without debate by the yeas and nays, which 
     shall be entered on the record''; and (3) In Rule XXIV, the 
     phrases ``without debate'', ``except when the doors shall be 
     closed for deliberation, and in that case'' and ``, to be had 
     without debate'' for the purposes of allowing Senators to 
     debate in open session during any portion of the trial.

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