The United States ''Senate Journal'' is a written record of proceedings within the

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in accordance with Article I, Section 5 of the U.S. Constitution. According to the

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, the ''Senate Journal'' should be seen as the minutes of floor action. It notes the matters considered by the Senate and the votes and other actions taken. It does not record the actual debates, which can be consulted through the "Link to date-related documents" in the full text transcription of the ''Journal''. Historically, the Journal of the Senate, like Journal of the House of Representatives and Journals of the House of Commons and the House of Lords in British Parliament, was an important source of parliamentary law. The Senate Journal was often used as a means to

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legislation as the Senate rules state that "the reading of the Journal shall not be suspended unless by unanimous consent".IV, 1, (b), https://www.rules.senate.gov/rules-of-the-senate The first time this was used was when the

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was discussed in 1922, the Mississippi Senator

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started discussing the Senate Journal and was unable to be

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d until the sponsors withdrew the Bill.

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Library of Congress: United States ''Senate Journal''
*https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1699&context=jcl {{United States Congress United States Senate Publications of the United States Congress

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