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Regular meeting day

Government; American government

Senate Rule XXVI requires that all committees designate at least one day a month on which it will meet to transact business. Additional meetings may be called by the chairman or by demand of a ...

Action "on the floor" is that which occurs as part of a formal session of the full Senate. An action "from the floor" is one taken by a Senator during a session of the Senate. A Senator who has been ...

Class system

Government; American government

System in which members of social classes are prevented from moving into other classes.

Yield the floor

Government; American government

A Senator who has been recognised to speak yields the floor when he or she completes his or her remarks and terminates his or her recognition.

Constitutionalism

Government; American government

Idea that the powers of government should be distributed according to a written or unwritten constitution and that those powers should be effectively restrained by the constitution's provisions.

Adjourn for more than 3 days

Government; American government

Under the Constitution, neither chamber may adjourn for more than three days without the approval of the other. Such approval is obtained in a concurrent resolution approved by both chambers.