Yes, this is essentially a modern invention.
All the Senate legally has to do is vote up or down..............
All the Senate legally has to do is vote up or down..............
All these procedural things the Senate does are not bound in the Constitution or law. They have been implemented by the Senate as rules to allow them to puff up their collective chests and pontificate on how great and important they are. Just a bunch of gas bags raping our Country for their own financial and political gain.