INDEX TO CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES

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Art.

Sec.

Senate of the United States. It shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and

from time to time publish the same, except such parts as may in

their judgment require secrecy...............................

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5

It shall not adjourn for more than three days during a session

without the consent of the other House........................

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5

It may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue, but such

bills shall originate in the House of Representatives............

1

7

The Senate shall advise and consent to the ratification of all trea-

ties, provided two-thirds of the members present concur........

2

2

It shall advise and consent to the appointment of ambassadors,

other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court,

and all other officers not herein otherwise provided for..........

2

2

It may be convened by the President on extraordinary occasions..

2

3

No State, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage

in the Senate.................................................

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Senators shall, immediately after assembling, under their first election,

be divided into three classes, so that the seats of one-third shall

become vacant at the expiration of every second year..........

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3

No person shall be a Senator who shall not be thirty years of

age, nine years a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant

when elected of the State for which he shall be chosen..........

1

3

The times, places and manner of choosing Senators may be fixed by

the legislature of a State, but Congress may by law make or

alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing......

1

4

If vacancies happen during the recess of the legislature of a State,

the executive thereof may make temporary appointments until

the next meeting of the legislature............................

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3

Senators. They shall in all cases, except treason, felony, and breach of

the peace, be privileged from arrest during their attendance at

the session of the Senate and in going to and returning from

the same....................................................

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6

Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation to be ascer-

tained by law................................................

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6

Senators and Representatives shall not be questioned for any

speech or debate in either House or in any other place.........

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6

No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he

was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the United

States which shall have been created, or of which the emolu-

ments shall have been increased, during such term.............

1

6

No person holding any office under the United States shall be a

member of either House during his continuance in office........

1

6

No Senator or Representative or person holding an office of trust

or profit under the United States shall be an elector for Presi-

dent and Vice-President......................................

2

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Senators and Representatives shall be bound by an oath, or affirmation to

support the Constitution......................................

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No person shall be a Senator or Representative who having, as a

Federal or State officer, taken an oath to support the Constitu-

tion, afterwards engaged in rebellion against the United States.

[Amendments]..............................................

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3

But Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove

such disability. [Amendments]................................

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3

Service of labor in one State. Fugitive from...........................

4

2

Servitude involuntary. [Amendments]................................

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1

Ships of war in time of peace, without the consent of Congress. No State

shall keep troops or..........................................

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10

Silver coin a tender in payment of debts. No State shall make anything

but gold and.................................................

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10

Slave. Neither the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any

debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion, or

any claim for the loss or emancipation of any. [Amendments]..

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4

Slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as punishment for crime.

Neither. [Amendments].....................................

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Soldiers shall not be quartered, in time of peace, in any house without

the consent of the owner. [Amendments].....................

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