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The United States House of Representatives has met in closed session six times since 1825. The most recent closed session was held on 13 March 2008 to discuss classified details of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Program during debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008.
The United States Senate has the authority for meeting in closed session, as described in the Standing Rules of the Senate. The Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention met in secret. The Senate met in secret until 1794. The Senate’s executive sessions (such as nominations and treaties) were not opened until 1929.
The MSU Board of Governors has met in closed session twice since its new president was named in a federal lawsuit. There is a third meeting this week. MSU board releases minutes of two closed-door ...
The Sacramento City Council has scheduled yet another closed-session meeting to discuss the pay and compensation of California’s highest-paid city manager, Howard Chan, and other top city ...
The next meetings: Another closed session meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Thursday in a different location. A regularly scheduled public meeting will follow at 6:30 p.m.
In the House, Rule XVII, clause 9, governs secret sessions, including the types of business to be considered behind closed doors. A motion to resolve into a secret session may only be made in the House, not in the Committee of the Whole. A Member who offers such a motion announces the possession of confidential information, and moves that the ...
During a closed session, the chamber doors are closed and the galleries are completely cleared of anyone not sworn to secrecy, not instructed in the rules of the closed session, or not essential to the session. Closed sessions are rare and are usually held only under certain circumstances in which the Senate is discussing sensitive subject ...
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