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Interviews With Floyd Riddick The Senate Oral History Project conducted interviews with former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/oral_history/Floyd_M_Riddick.htm Senate.gov  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Riddick's Senate Procedure Named after former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd M. Riddick, this Senate document contains the contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/riddick/ Gpoaccess.gov  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   The Constitution The Senate is authorized to make rules for its proceedings by Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/a1_5.html Uchicago.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Joseph Story on the Senate Rulemaking Power 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. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a1_3_4-5s4.html Uchicago.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Senate Manual Search engine for the Senate Manual which includes the rules, orders, laws, and resolutions affecting the business of the United States Senate. Also includes Jefferson's Manual, Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution. http://www.gpoaccess.gov/smanual/index.html Gpoaccess.gov  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Voting Procedures in the Senate Link to a document from the Congressional Research Service titled "Voting in the Senate: Forms and Requirements," describing various types of voting procedures used in the U.S. Senate. http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Votes_vrd.htm Senate.gov  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Senate Orders Regarding Voting Procedure The Standing Orders of the U.S. Senate require Senators to vote from their desks. http://www.c-span.org/questions/week105.asp C-span.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Thomas Jefferson's Manual Of Parliamentary Practice Jefferson was the second Senate President, and he put together this manual which is nowadays more applicable in the House of Representatives than the Senate. http://www.constitution.org/tj/tj-mpp.htm Constitution.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check