Sentences with phrase «rule xix»

Elizabeth Warren was accused of being violating Senate Rule XIX.

As widely reported now, Senator Elizabeth Warren was silenced by a vote in the Senate for purportedly violating Rule XIX.

to complete the answer to the question, I would add: So, no the filibuster can not be stopped by silencing the minority unless every member of the minority spoke in a way to violate Senate Rule XIX

So between not officially recording instances of rule XIX, and the ability to alter the record, we can not know for certain how many times it has been used, or how many times it may have been threatened but not used because the senator followed the rules once warned.