,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #hei  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,march #af1         
#bjbc,mr4 ,merkley introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for the expedited consideration 
of nominations for the ,supreme ,court  
of the ,united ,states4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,every ,supreme ,court ,nominee         
,deserves ,timely ,consideration ,act4  
#b4 ,supreme court judicial review      
procedure  7a7 ,discharge ,in the       
,senate1 if the ,committee on the       
,judiciary of the ,senate has not       
reported a nomination for the ,chief    
,justice of the ,united ,states or an   
associate justice of the ,supreme ,court
 of the ,united ,states at the end of   
#fj continuous days of session after the
 date on which the nomination is        
referred to such committee1 any ,member 
may submit to the ,congressional ,record

 a notice of intent to discharge the    
nomination4 ,at the end of #bj calendar 
days after the notice of intent to file 
such petition1 such committee may be    
discharged from further consideration of
 such nomination upon a petition        
supported in writing by #cj ,members of 
the ,senate1 and such nomination shall  
be placed on the calendar4 ,debate on   
the motion1 and on all debatable motions
 and appeals in connection therewith1   
shall not be in order4  7b7             
,consideration  7#a7 ,debate ,in the    
,senate1 debate on the nomination1 and  
on all debatable motions and appeals in 
connection therewith1 shall be limited  
to not more than #cj hours1 which shall 
be divided equally between those        
favoring and those opposing the         
nomination4 ,a motion further to limit  
debate is not in order and not          
debatable4 ,a motion to postpone1 a     
motion to proceed to the consideration  
of other business1 or any amendment     
thereto1 is not in order4 ,a one-time   

nondebatable motion to extend the       
consideration of the nomination an      
additional #cj hours shall only be in   
order when supported in writing by #cj  
,members of the ,senate4  7#b7 ,vote ,in
 the ,senate1 immediately following the 
conclusion of the debate on a nomination
 described in subsection 7b77#a71 and a 
single quorum call at the conclusion of 
the debate if requested in accordance   
with the rules of the ,senate1 the vote 
on the confirmation of the nomination   
shall occur4  7c7 ,rules of the senate  
,this section is enacted by ,congress-- 
7#a7 as an exercise of the rulemaking   
power of the ,senate1 and as such it is 
deemed a part of the rules of the       
,senate1 and it supersedes other rules  
only to the extent that it is           
inconsistent with such rules2 and  7#b7 
with full recognition of the            
constitutional right of the ,senate to  
change such rules 7so far as relating to
 the procedure of the ,senate7 at any   
time1 in the same manner1 and to the    

same extent as in the case of any other 
rule of the ,senate4