Under legislative rules, the Senate must initiate overrides of the balance.

He added: "Such an important change in the law should be the product of legislative rule making rather than adjudication."

The legislative rules that govern the trade accord are known as fast track - which requires Congress to vote quickly and without amendment.

It can come to a vote on Friday, under legislative rules.

Indeed, good legislation is impossible without good legislative rules, as Albany's decades of problems demonstrate.

The method was described as "in clear violation of legislative rules."

For the European Union cannot confine itself to producing legislative rules.

Fortunately, legislative rules do not apply for ever.

That is the day the Council is scheduled to pick a speaker and outline its legislative rules.

Its usage is foreseen by legislative rules in many countries.