1.   Senate ethics rules do allow some gifts from longstanding friends if the gifts are reported in a timely way.

2.   Senate rules allow committee meetings even when the Senate is adjourned.

3.   Senate rules limit senators to a single chairmanship.

4.   Senate rules prohibit the use of a congressional office to raise campaign money.

5.   Senate rules require two days to pass between the time a group of senators requests that debate be shut off and the vote on ending debate is held.

6.   Senate rules require two out of three members to agree to even debate a bill.

7.   Senate rules would have prevented Mrs. Clinton from taking the gifts after she was sworn in to her new office.

8.   Senate rules allow any senator to offer a motion at any time to dismiss the case.

9.   Senate rules do not include book sales in restrictions on outside income, apparently making the book arrangement appropriate.

10.   Senate rules have for many decades empowered committees to vet nominations and decide whether to approve them.