,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #fg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of
 ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #d1 
#bjae ,mr4 ,alexander 7for himself and  
,mr4 ,lee7 submitted the following      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,rules and ,administration
  ,,resolution  ,amending rule ,,xxii of
 the ,standing ,rules of the ,senate to 
revise the number of affirmative votes  
required to end debate on nominations4  
#a4 ,cloture rule ,the second           
undesignated subparagraph of paragraph  
#b of rule ,,xxii of the ,standing      
,rules of the ,senate is amended by     
striking ,and if that question and all  
that follows through disposed of4 and   
inserting the following3 ,if the        
question is decided in the affirmative  
in the case of a nomination on the      
,executive ,calendar by a majority of   
the ,senators duly chosen and sworn2 in 
the case of a measure or motion to amend
 the ,senate rules by two-thirds of the 
,senators present and voting2 and in the

 case of any other measure1 motion1 or  
matter1 by three-fifths of the ,senators
 duly chosen and sworn1 then the        
foregoing measure1 motion or matter     
pending before the ,senate1 or the      
unfinished business1 upon which the     
question was decided in the affirmative 
shall be the unfinished business to the 
exclusion of all other business until   
disposed of44