Chapter 10 - Debate
Before the Senate
makes decisions by means of resolutions and orders which begin as motions, that
is, propositions submitted to the Senate by senators and accepted by the chair
as questions to be put to the Senate (see Chapter 9, Motions and Amendments),
the Senate usually debates those questions. Debate fulfils one of the primary
functions of the Senate, that of informing itself and the public by
deliberation before decisions are made.
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