In the

United States Congress The United States Congress is the legislature of the federal government of the United States. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, and an upper body, the Senate. It meets in the U.S. Capitol in Washing ...

, Riddick's Senate Procedure is a Senate document containing the contemporary precedents and practices of the Senate. It was named after

Senate Parliamentarian The Parliamentarian of the United States Senate is the official advisor to the United States Senate on the interpretation of Standing Rules of the United States Senate and parliamentary procedure. Incumbent parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ...

Emeritus Floyd Riddick, and is updated periodically by the Senate Parliamentarian. Riddick's Senate Procedure included over ten thousand

U.S. Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

precedents as of its latest release in 1992. 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.

References

Riddick's Senate Procedure
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