Assertion: senate | /r/AtLocation | session
Facets:
value: at 3 p.m.
type: TEMPORAL
value: monday
type: TEMPORAL
value: to confirm
type: PURPOSE
value: for filibusters
type: PURPOSE
value: for two hours
type: TEMPORAL
value: for past
type: TEMPORAL
value: for important business
type: PURPOSE
value: for emergency situations
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: the Senate is in session.
text: Between tasks when the Senate is in session, pages sit along the steps of either side of the president pro tempore's desk, maintaining availability to assist members on the floor.
text: When the Senate is in session for important business, filibusters, and emergency situations, pages may still be on duty and work into the early hours of the morning.
text: Unless a different date and time are set by the Chairman pursuant to (1) of this section, Committee meetings shall be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays the Senate is in session, which shall be the regular meeting day for the transaction of business.
text: According to a report from the Congressional Research Service, Senate Rule XXVI, also known as the two-hour rule, "restricts the times that most Senate committees and subcommittees can meet when the full Senate is in session.
text: Under the terms of the rule, no Senate committee or subcommittee (except the Committees on Appropriations and Budget and their subcommittees) can meet after the Senate has been in session for two hours or past 2:00 p.m. unless one of the following things occur: (1) the Senate grants unanimous consent for them to meet; (2) both the majority and minority leaders (or their designees) agree to permit the meeting, and their agreement has been announced on the Senate floor; or (3) the Senate adopts a privileged motion to allow the meeting.
text: A rule limiting committees from sitting while the Senate is in session was first enacted in Section 134(c) of P.L. 79-753, the Legislative Reorganization Act (LRA) of 1946.
text: The Senate is in session Monday at 3 p.m. with a vote at 5:30 p.m. to confirm Robert Feitel to be Inspector General of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.