A resolution prohibiting the Senate from adjourning, recessing, or convening in a pro forma session unless the Senate has provided a hearing and a vote on the pending nomination to the position of justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
No Vote No Recess Resolution
Prohibits the Senate, between September 27, 2016, and the end of the 114th Congress, from adjourning, remaining adjourned, or recessing for more than two days and convening solely in a pro forma session unless, by the beginning of the adjournment or the pro forma session, it has taken action on any presidential nomination for a position as a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by:
Prescribes procedures for Senate adjournments and recesses during such period.
Prohibits the Presiding Officer from entertaining a request to suspend the operation of this resolution by unanimous consent or motion.
States that nothing in this resolution shall be construed in a manner that is inconsistent with S. Res. 296 (108th Congress) or any other Senate emergency procedures or practices.
Introduced in Senate
Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6143)
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