In the United States Congress, Riddick's Senate Procedure is a Senate document containing the contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate. It was named after Senate Parliamentarian Emeritus Floyd Riddick, and is updated periodically by the Senate Parliamentarian.
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Riddick's Senate Procedure included over ten thousand U.S. Senate precedents as of its latest release in 1992.[1] Senate precedents are created when the presiding officer rules on a point of order raised by a Senator, or alternately, in a majority vote of the Senate if a Senator appeals the presiding officer's ruling.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ "govinfo". www.govinfo.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^ "U.S. Senate: Rules and Procedure". www.senate.gov. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- ^ "Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the Senate" (PDF).