A senator placing a hold in the U.S. Senate is theoretically required to identify themselves after six days, but this rule did not apply effectively when the hold was placed at the end of a congressional session.
Sources
- Which Senator Secretly Sabotaged the Popular Whistleblower ... (propublica.org)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43563 (congress.gov)
- https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/push-end-secret-holds-continues (grassley.senate.gov)
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