,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #ehc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september
 #bh1 #bjaf ,mr4 ,udall submitted the   
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,rules and        
,administration  ,,resolution  ,amending
 the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate to 
ensure that the ,senate votes on whether
 to confirm judicial nominees4  #a4     
,votes on judicial nominees ,rule ,,xxxi
 of the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  #h4 7a7 ,not later than #ahj
 days after the date on which a judicial
 nomination made by the ,president is   
received1 the ,senate shall vote on--   
7#a7 whether the ,senate will advise and
 consent to the judicial nomination2 or 
7#b7 a motion to invoke cloture on the  
judicial nomination4  7b7 ,except as    
provided in subparagraph 7c71 if the    
,senate does not vote on whether the    
,senate will advise and consent to a    
judicial nomination or a motion to      

invoke cloture on the judicial          
nomination during the period described  
in subparagraph 7a71 on the first day on
 which the ,senate is in session after  
the end of the period described in      
subparagraph 7a7--  7#a7 if the judicial
 nomination was referred to a committee 
and has not been reported1 the committee
 shall be discharged from further       
consideration of the judicial nomination
 and the judicial nomination shall be   
placed on the calendar without any      
intervening action or debate2  7#b7 the 
,senate shall proceed to the judicial   
nomination without any intervening      
action or debate2  7#c7 the ,senate     
shall proceed to the question ,is it the
 sense of the ,senate that the debate   
shall be brought to a close8 with       
respect to the judicial nomination1 in  
the same manner as if a motion to invoke
 cloture had been made under rule       
,,xxii1 except that there shall be not  
more than #d hours of debate on such    
question2 and  7#d7 it shall not be in  

order to move to proceed to the         
consideration of any other matter until 
such question is disposed of4  7c7      
,subparagraph 7b7 shall not apply to a  
judicial nomination if1 before the end  
of the period described in subparagraph 
7a71 the committee to which the judicial
 nomination has been referred votes to  
report the judicial nomination          
unfavorably4  7d7 ,in this paragraph1   
the term judicial nomination means the  
nomination of an individual to serve as 
a judge or justice appointed to hold    
office during good behavior4  4