[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 6, Chapter 21]
[Chapter 21. Order of Business; Special Orders]
[Index to Precedents]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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CHAPTER 21
Order of Business; Specical Orders
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Commentary and editing by Peter D. Robinson, J.D.
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A. General Principles
Sec. 1. Order Fixed by Rule and Precedent; Scheduling Business
Sec. 2. Prayer, Approval of Journal, and Business on the Speaker's
Table
Sec. 3. Unfinished and Postponed Business
Sec. 4. Calendar Wednesday; Morning Hour Call of Committees
Sec. 5. District of Columbia Business
Sec. 6. One-minute Speeches
Sec. 7. Special-order Speeches
Sec. 8. Varying the Order of Business
B. Motions to Suspend the Rules
Sec. 9. Use and Effect
Sec. 10. When in Order
Sec. 11. Recognition to Offer
Sec. 12. Seconding the Motion; Recognition to Demand Second
Sec. 13. Time and Control of Debate
Sec. 14. Amendments to Propositions Under Suspension
Sec. 15. Voting on the Motion
C. Special Rules or Orders
Sec. 16. Authority of Committee on Rules; Seeking Special Orders
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Sec. 17. Reports and Their Privilege
Sec. 18. Consideration in the House
Sec. 19. Interpretation and Effect
D. Types of Special Orders
Sec. 20. Varying Order of Business; Providing for Consideration
Sec. 21. ``Open'' Rules, Allowing Amendments and Making in Order
Certain Amendments
Sec. 22. ``Closed'' Rules, Prohibiting Amendments and Allowing Only
Certain Amendments
Sec. 23. Waiving and Permitting Points of Order
Sec. 24. As to Control, Distribution, and Duration of Debate
Sec. 25. As to Reading for Amendment
Sec. 26. As to Voting and Motions
Sec. 27. Senate Bills and Amendments; Conference Reports
E. Privileged Business
Sec. 28. Authority and Scope Under Constitution, Statutes, and Rules
Sec. 29. Certain Bills, Resolutions, and Reports
Sec. 30. Privileged Motions as to the Order of Business
Sec. 31. Relative Precedence Among Privileged Matters
DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS
Ch. 21
INDEX TO PRECEDENTS
Approval of Journal
adjournment prior to, Sec. 2.4
precedence of, Sec. Sec. 2.4-2.13
yields only to questions of privilege of the House, constitutional
privilege, and receipt of messages, Sec. Sec. 2.5, 2.6
Bills (see also Suspension of the rules; Special orders)
appropriation
nonprivileged (not ``general'' appropriation bill), Sec. 8.13
precedence, Sec. 29.10
privileged motion to resolve into Committee of the Whole,
Sec. 29.7
special order giving precedence, Sec. 29.8
House request for return of bill from Senate not privileged,
Sec. 29.33
motion to rerefer, Sec. Sec. 2.14-2.16
Senate
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privileged where similar to House calendar bill, Sec. 29.29
request for return cf bill privileged, Sec. 29.32
Senate amendment to House bill
privileged where stage of disagreement reached, Sec. 29.31
Calendar Wednesday business
authority and recognition to call up Sec. Sec. 4.12-4.17
debate on, Sec. 4.24
debate on motion to dispense with, Sec. Sec. 4.34-4.36
eligible bills, Sec. Sec. 4.9, 4.10
morning hour call of committees distinguished, Sec. 4.1
motion to dispense with, Sec. Sec. 4.30-4.33
order of call, Sec. 4.11
precedence, Sec. Sec. 4.3-4.8
question of consideration, Sec. Sec. 4.18-4.20
reconsideration, Sec. 4.25
unanimous-consent requests, Sec. Sec. 4.21-4.23
unanimous consent to dispense with, Sec. Sec. 4.40-4.42
unfinished business, Sec. Sec. 4.26-4.29
vote on motion to dispense with (two-thirds required),
Sec. Sec. 4.37-4.39
Committee on Rules (see also Special orders)
authority as to order of business
jurisdiction over order of business, Sec. Sec. 16.7, 16.8
may not prevent operation of motion to recommit, Sec. 16.19
may provide for consideration of unreported measures,
Sec. Sec. 16.15-16.18
may provide for waiving rules, Sec. Sec. 16.9-16.14
may provide procedures for bill already under consideration,
Sec. Sec. 16.26, 16.27
power and function, Sec. Sec. 16.1--16.6
requesting special orders of business from Committee on Rules,
Sec. Sec. 16.20-16.22
consideration of special orders
amendments offered by manager, Sec. Sec. 18.23-18.26
calling up, Sec. Sec. 18.1-18.5
committee amendments, Sec. Sec. 18.21, 18.22
consideration of motion to discharge, Sec. Sec. 18.46-18.51
consideration on same day reported by two-thirds vote,
Sec. Sec. 18.6-18.10
debate under hour rule, Sec. Sec. 18.15-18.18
discharge rule, forms of special orders introduced under,
Sec. 18.53
discharging committee from special order, Sec. Sec. 18.44,
18.45
division of question not in order, Sec. 18.43
motion to recommit not in order, Sec. 18.38
nongermane amendments, Sec. Sec. 18.30, 18.31
postponing consideration, Sec. 18.37
putting question of consideration on same day reported,
Sec. Sec. 18.11-18.14
rejection of previous question, Sec. Sec. 18.32-18.36
relevancy in debate, Sec. Sec. 18.39, 18.40
twenty-one day discharge rule (obsolete), Sec. 18.52
when amendments are in order, Sec. Sec. 18.19, 18.20
withdrawing resolution, Sec. Sec. 18.41, 18.42
yielding for amendment, Sec. Sec. 18.27-18.29
meetings of, Sec. Sec. 16.23-16.25, 17.6
reports and their privilege
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filing, Sec. Sec. 17.1, 17.2
form, Sec. Sec. 17.3, 17.4
nonprivileged reports, Sec. Sec. 17.13, 17.14
privilege and precedence of reports on order of business,
Sec. Sec. 17.7-17.12
quorum required to report, Sec. 17.5
rules adopted by, Sec. 16.24
Committees (see also District of Columbia business; Committee on Rules)
morning hour call of, for reported legislation, Sec. Sec. 4.1, 4.2
motions to discharge, Sec. Sec. 30.11-30.14
motions to suspend rules offered on behalf of, Sec. Sec. 11.1,
11.10-11.13
privileged reports
contempt of witnesses, Sec. Sec. 28.15-28.19
privileged under leave to report at any time, Sec. Sec. 29.1-
29.3
quorum required to report, Sec. 29.4
resolutions of inquiry, Sec. 29.14
resolutions privileged under statute, Sec. Sec. 29.11, 30.8-
30.10
scope of privileged reports and inclusion of nonprivileged
matter, Sec. Sec. 29.1-29.3
select committee given right to report as privileged,
Sec. Sec. 29.6, 29.6
vetoed bills, Sec. 28.7
publishing reports as question of privilege, Sec. 28.13
role in scheduling legislation, Sec. Sec. 1.22-1.25
Concurrent resolutions
certain privileged
adjourned sine die, Sec. 29.18
adjournment to day certain, Sec. 29.17
joint sessions to hear President and for electoral count,
Sec. 29.19
Conference reports (see also Special orders)
effect of special order on calling up, Sec. 30.7
filing as privileged, Sec. 29.21
made in order by unanimous consent, Sec. 29.24
precedence of, Sec. Sec. 29.25-29.28
printing and availability requirements before consideration,
Sec. Sec. 29.20-29.23
reports in disagreement, Sec. 29.23
unfinished business, Sec. 3.22
Consideration (see also Special orders; Motions on order of business)
House determines, Sec. Sec. 30.16-30.19
question of, when in order, Sec. 30.16
Rules Committee report on same day reported, Sec. Sec. 18.6-18.14
Constitution
amendments to, passed under suspension of rules, Sec. 9.21
propositions privileged under
concurrent resolution for joint session, Sec. 29.19
concurrent resolutions for adjournment, Sec. Sec. 29.17, 29.18
contested election cases, Sec. 28.1
impeachment, Sec. Sec. 28.9-28.11
scope generally, Sec. 28.1
vetoed bills, Sec. Sec. 28.2-28.8
Daily order of business
approval of Journal, Sec. Sec. 2.4-2.13
business on Speaker's table
executive communications, Sec. 2.17
messages, Sec. Sec. 2.22-2.24
Senate bills and amendments, Sec. Sec. 2.17-2.21
morning hour call of committees (obsolete), Sec. Sec. 4.1, 4.2
motions to rerefer public bills, Sec. Sec. 2.14-2.16
one-minute speeches, Sec. Sec. 6.1-6.4
prayer, Sec. Sec. 2.1-2.3
special-order speeches, Sec. Sec. 7.1-7.4
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unfinished business, Sec. 3
District of Columbia business
consideration, Sec. Sec. 5.6-5.10, 5.15
private bills, Sec. Sec. 5.8. 5.11
transferring by special order, Sec. Sec. 5.12, 8.9-8.11
unfinished business, Sec. Sec. 5.13, 5.14
when in order and precedence, Sec. Sec. 5.1 5.5, 29.10
Electoral count, privileged propositions relative to, Sec. 29.19
Impeachment propositions, privilege of, Sec. Sec. 28.9-28.11
Messages
privileged for receipt and for disposition, Sec. Sec. 2.22-2.24
unfinished business, Sec. Sec. 3.27, 3.28, 3.36-3.38
veto messages, Sec. Sec. 28.2-28.8
Modification of privileged resolutions, Sec. Sec. 29.36
Motion to rerefer public bills, Sec. Sec. 2.14-2.16
Motions on order of business (see also Consideration; Suspension of
Rules)
discharge standing committee, Sec. Sec. 30.11-30.14
dispense with Calendar Wednesday, Sec. 30.15
proceed to consideration in House
effect of special order, Sec. Sec. 30.6, 30.7
following motion to discharge, Sec. 30.12
resolve into Committee of the Whole
motions to table and to discharge not in order, Sec. Sec. 30.1,
30.2
privileged after certain motions to discharge, Sec. 30.11
privileged for general appropriation bills, Sec. Sec. 29.7-
29.10
privileged resolution under statute, Sec. Sec. 30.8-30.10
privileged under special order, Sec. Sec. 30.330.5
Oath administration, privilege of, Sec. Sec. 28.20, 28.21
One-minute speeches
in order before legislative business, Sec. Sec. 6.1-6.4
recognition for debate only, Sec. 6.8
when no business is scheduled, Sec. 6.5
when not entertained, Sec. Sec. 8.6, 6.7
Prayer
point of order of no quorum not in order before, Sec. 2.2
when offered, Sec. Sec. 2.1, 2.3
Questions of privilege (see also Constitution)
personal privilege, Sec. Sec. 28.22, 28.23
privilege of House
administration of oath, Sec. Sec. 28.20, 28.21
contempt of witnesses before committees, Sec. Sec. 28.15-28.19
power to originate revenue measures, Sec. 28.12
precedence generally, Sec. Sec. 28.12-28.14
publishing of committee report, Sec. 28.13
subpenas, Sec. 28.14
Recognition (see also Speaker)
Calendar Wednesday business, Sec. Sec. 4.12-4.17
demanding second on motion to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 12.9-12.20
motion to dispense with Calendar Wednesday, Sec. Sec. 4.30-4.33
motion to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 11.1-11.13
one-minute speeches, Sec. Sec. 6.1-6.4
question of privilege, Sec. 28.23
reports of Committee on Rules, Sec. Sec. 18.1-18.5
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Speaker's discretion where matters equally privileged,
Sec. Sec. 31.1-31.6
Speaker's power of, generally, Sec. Sec. 1.7-1.19
special-order speeches, Sec. Sec. 7.1-7.12
unanimous-consent requests, Sec. Sec. 1.3, 1.4, 1.14-1.18
Resolutions (see also Concurrent resolutions)
postponing consideration of privileged resolution, Sec. 29.34
privileged motion to discharge
resolutions creating order of business, Sec. Sec. 18.44-18.52
resolutions of inquiry, Sec. Sec. 29.1a, 29.16
resolutions privileged under statute, Sec. 29.11
privileged when offered from floor
electing Members to committee, Sec. Sec. 29.12, 29.13
impeachment, Sec. Sec. 28.9, 28.11
questions of privilege of House, Sec. Sec. 28.12-28.19
privileged when reported from committee
certain committees and subject matter, Sec. Sec. 29.1-29.3
Committee on Rules, Sec. Sec. 17.7-17.13
impeachment, Sec. 28.10
resolutions of inquiry, Sec. 29.14
resolutions privileged by statute, Sec. Sec. 29.11, 30.8-30.10
withdrawing privileged resolution, Sec. 29.35
Scheduling legislation (see also Committee on Rules; Special orders;
Suspension of the rules)
House may determine order of consideration, Sec. Sec. 1.19-1.21
recognition for unanimous-consent requests, Sec. Sec. 1.3, 1.4,
1.14-1.18
role of committee with jurisdiction,Sec. Sec. 1.22-1.25
role of leadership, Sec. Sec. 1.1-l.6
Speaker's power of recognition, Sec. Sec. 1.7-1.13
Senate (see also Special orders)
amendments
privileged where not requiring consideration in Committee of
the Whole, Sec. 29.30
privileged where stage of disagreement reached, Sec. 29.31
bills
privileged under leave of select committee to report at any
time, Sec. 29.6
privileged where similar to reported House bills on House
calendar, Sec. 29.29
concurrent resolution for adjournment or amendments thereto,
privileged Sec. Sec. 29.17, 29.18
concurrent resolution for joint session privileged, Sec. 29.19
messages privileged for receipt, Sec. Sec. 2.23, 2.24
request for return of bills privileged, Sec. 29.39
Speaker (see also Recognition)
authorized to recognize for ineligible conference report, Sec. 19.1
authorized to recognize for motion to recess, Sec. 20.31
authorized to recognize for motions to suspend rules on ineligible
days, Sec. Sec. 10.3-10.7
interpretation of special orders, Sec. 19.1
scheduling legislation, Sec. Sec. 1.1-1.6, 9.22-9.24
voting by, on motion to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 15.3, 15.4
Special-order speeches
in order after legislative business, Sec. Sec. 7.1-7.4
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limited to one hour, Sec. Sec. 7.5, 7.6
requesting and rescheduling, Sec. Sec. 7.7-7.9
sequence of, Sec. Sec. 7.10-7.12
Special orders (see also Committee on Rules; Suspension of the rules;
Unanimous-consent requests)
amendments between the Houses and sending to conference
amendments reported in disagreement from conference,
Sec. Sec. 27.44, 27.45
concurring in part, disagreeing in part, sending to conference,
Sec. 27.27
concurring in Senate amendment, Sec. Sec. 27.15-27.20
concurring in Senate amendment with an amendment,
Sec. Sec. 27.21, 27.22
disagreeing to Senate amendment, sending to conference,
Sec. Sec. 27.23-27.26
discharging committee from consideration of Senate bill,
Sec. 27.7
insisting on House amendment, sending to conference,
Sec. Sec. 27.28-27.30
Senate amendment to House bill taken from Speaker's table for
consideration, Sec. Sec. 27.12-27.14
Senate bill, consideration made in order, Sec. Sec. 27.1-27.6
sending bill to conference, Sec. 27.31
substituting text of House-passed bill for text of Senate-
passed bill, Sec. Sec. 27.8-27.11
closed rules, prohibiting amendments or allowing only certain
amendments
closed in part, open in part, Sec. Sec. 22.14, 22.15
committee amendments only permitted, Sec. Sec. 22.1-22.7
committee amendments or designated amendments only permitted,
Sec. Sec. 22.8-22.11
consideration of bill in House, Sec. 22.16
motion that Committee of the Whole rise with recommendation
that enacting clause be stricken, Sec. Sec. 22.17, 22.18
pro forma amendments, Sec. Sec. 22.19-22.21
requesting closed rule, Sec. 22.22
two committees managing bill, Sec. Sec. 22.12-22.15
conference reports
consideration of, generally, Sec. Sec. 27.37-27.39
consideration of, when reported, Sec. Sec. 27.32-27.35
points of order waived against conference reports and motions
on amendments in disagreement, Sec. Sec. 27.40-27.45
unauthorized appropriation protected by special order governing
consideration of bill in House, Sec. 27.36 sending to
conference, Sec. 27.31
consideration under special orders
further procedures for consideration of bill already pending,
Sec. Sec. 20.32, 20.33
immediate consideration of unreported bill, Sec. Sec. 20.5-20.15
motion that House resolve into Committee of the Whole for
consideration of measure, Sec. Sec. 20.1-20.3
motion to recess made in order, Sec. 20.31
motion to suspend rules under special order, Sec. 20.28
private bill, Sec. Sec. 20.25, Sec. 20.26
resolution in Committee of the Whole. Sec. Sec. 20.18-20.23
resolution in House Sec. 20.24
resolution from Rules Committee which is not privileged,
Sec. Sec. 20.29, 20.30
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Union Calendar bill in House, Sec. Sec. 20.16, 20.17
continuing effect of, Sec. 16.28
debate under special orders
debate in House, Sec. Sec. 24.16-24.20
designated Member controlling portion of general debate in
Committee of the Whole, Sec. Sec. 24.1, 24.2
five-minute debate in Committee of the Whole, Sec. Sec. 24.9,
24.10
five-minute debate under closed rule, Sec. Sec. 24.11-24.15
general debate in Committee of the Whole fixed by days,
Sec. Sec. 24.5-24.8
two or more committees in control, Sec. Sec. 24.3, 24.4
filing supplemental report on measure on which special order has
been reported, Sec. 20.4
interpretation and effect of special orders
Chair's interpretation generally, Sec. Sec. 19.1-19.3
effect of adoption of special orders, Sec. Sec. 19.9-19.11
interpretation as not within Chair's province, Sec. Sec. 19.4-
19.8
motions under special orders
motion that Committee of the Whole rise with recommendation
that bill be recommitted, Sec. 26.3
motion that Committee of the Whole rise with recommendation
that enacting clause be stricken, Sec. Sec. 26.1, 26.2
motion to recommit, Sec. Sec. 26.6-26.10
motion to recommit, points of order waived against, Sec. 26.14
motion to recommit under closed rule, Sec. Sec. 26.11, 26.12
previous question considered as ordered, Sec. Sec. 26.4, 26.5
two motions to recommit, Sec. 26.13
open rules, allowing amendments and making in order certain
amendments
all points of order waived against certain amendments,
Sec. 21.3
certain amendments prohibited, Sec. Sec. 21.15-21.17
designated amendments made in order, Sec. Sec. 21.4-21.10
offering amendments under open rules, Sec. 21.1
offering designated amendments made in order, Sec. Sec. 21.11-
21.14
special orders open in part, closed in part, Sec. 21.2
points of order waived or permitted
amending nongermane amendment permitted to remain by
special order, Sec. Sec. 23.23, 23.24
amendment, all points of order waived, Sec. Sec. 23.14-23.17
amendment which is not germane, points of order waived,
Sec. Sec. 23.18-23.22
appropriation bill, amending legislation permitted to remain by
special order, Sec. Sec. 23.43-23.47
appropriation bill, points of order waived generally,
Sec. Sec. 23.25-23.26
appropriation bill, points of order waived against amendment
to, Sec. Sec. 23.32-23.34
appropriation bill, points of order waived against legislation
in, Sec. Sec. 23.38-23.42
appropriation bill, points of order waived against unauthorized
appropriations, Sec. Sec. 23.35-23.37
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appropriation bill, waiver against does not protect floor
amendments, Sec. Sec. 23.30, 23.31
appropriation in legislative bill, points of order waived as to
Sec. Sec. 23.48, 23.49
authority to waive points of order generally, Sec. Sec. 23.1-
23.3
bill, all points of order waived as to, Sec. Sec. 23.4, 23.5
bill improperly reported, points of order waived as to,
Sec. Sec. 23.6-23.13
designated points of order permitted, Sec. 23.50
reading for amendment under special orders
committee amendment in nature of substitute read as original
bill for amendment, Sec. Sec. 25.10-25.14
method of reading bill or amendment in nature of substitute
varied, Sec. Sec. 25.1-25.3
offering amendments to amendment in nature of substitute read
as original bill, Sec. Sec. 25.15-25.17
reading bill in entirety, Sec. Sec. 25.8, 25.9
reading of bill waived and bill considered as read for
amendment, Sec. Sec. 25.4-25.7
rescinding previous resolution, Sec. 20.27
voting under special orders
separate votes in House on amendments reported from Committee
of the Whole, Sec. Sec. 26.15-26.22
Suspension of the rules
amendments
floor amendments not in order, Sec. Sec. 14.6-14.11
motion to strike enacting clause not in order, Sec. 14.12.
motion to suspend and pass bill with amendments,
Sec. Sec. 14.1-14.3
reporting motion to suspend and pass with amendments,
Sec. Sec. 14.4, 14.5
recognition to demand second
Member opposed entitled to recognition, Sec. Sec. 12.10-12.13
priorities of recognition, Sec. Sec. 12.14-12.20
requesting recognition, Sec. 12.9
rereading motion where second demanded, Sec. 12.21
recognition to offer motion
generally, Sec. 11.1-11.3
recognition entirely within Chair's discretion, Sec. Sec. 11.4-
11.8
recognition of committee chairmen, Sec. Sec. 11.10-11.13
reoffering motion, Sec. 11.9
seconding the motion
Member demanding second entitled to control debate in
opposition to motion, Sec. Sec. 12.7, 12.8
procedure where second not demanded, Sec. 12.6
requirement for a second, Sec. Sec. 12.1, 12.2
voting on second by tellers, Sec. Sec. 12.3-12.5
time and control of debate
control of time, Sec. Sec. 13.6-13.9
control of time in opposition, Sec. Sec. 13.10-13.12
debate where second not demanded, Sec. 13.15
extending time for debate, Sec. Sec. 13.3-13.5
motion to adjourn during consideration, Sec. 13.16
mover opens and closes debate, Sec. Sec. 13.13, 13.14
previous question inapplicable, Sec. 13.17
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special order governing debate on motion, Sec. 13.18
time for debate under rule (40 minutes, equally divided),
Sec. Sec. 13.1, 13.2
unanimous-consent requests during consideration,
Sec. Sec. 13.19, 13.20
withdrawal of motion under consideration, Sec. Sec. 13.21-13.23
use and effect
effect of defeat of motion, Sec. Sec. 9.1, 11.9
motion suspends all rules in conflict with motion,
Sec. Sec. 9.7-9.12
passage of appropriation bill, Sec. 9.20
passage of constitutional amendment, Sec. 9.21
passage of emergency legislation, Sec. Sec. 9.22-9.24
passage of original measure submitted from floor, Sec. 9.19
to adopt orders of business, Sec. Sec. 9.13-9.18
use generally, Sec. Sec. 9.2-9.6
voting
division of question not in order, Sec. Sec. 16.5, 15.6
effect of rejection of motion, Sec. Sec. 15.7, 15.8
passage of constitutional amendment, Sec. 15.2
requirement of two-thirds for adoption, Sec. 15.1
Speaker's vote, Sec. Sec. 15.3, 15.4
when in order
last six days of a session, Sec. Sec. 10.8-10.10
regular suspension days, Sec. Sec. 10.1, 10.2
unfinished business, Sec. Sec. 10.11-10.14
varying suspension days, Sec. Sec. 8.6, 8.10, 8.12, 8.23, 10.3-
10.7, 10.15, 10.16
Unanimous-consent requests
appropriation bill made in order, Sec. Sec. 8.13, 29.8, 29.9
conference report made in order, Sec. 29.24
dispensing with Calendar Wednesday business, Sec. Sec. 4.40-4.42
during consideration of motion to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 13.19,
13.20
extending time for debate on motion to suspend rules,
Sec. Sec. 13.3-13.5
on Calendar Wednesday, Sec. Sec. 4.21-4.23
postponing consideration of privileged resolution, Sec. 29.34
postponing votes, Sec. Sec. 3.15, 3.18, 8.14-8.18
prior to approval of Journal, Sec. 2.9
privileged resolution may be withdrawn before action without
unanimous consent, Sec. 29.35
recognition for requests in discretion of Chair, Sec. Sec. 1.3,
1.4, 1.14-1.18, 2.20
reference of bills, Sec. Sec. 2.14, 2.16
rescheduling special-order speeches, Sec. Sec. 8.19, 8.20 .
varying calendar days, Sec. Sec. 8.6-8.12
varying precedence of bills, Sec. Sec. 8.1, 8.2, 31.7, 31.8
varying precedence of motions, Sec. Sec. 8.3-8.5
varying previous order, Sec. 8.21
withdrawing motion to suspend rules after second ordered,
Sec. Sec. 13.21-13.23
withdrawing unfinished business does not require, Sec. Sec. 3.39,
3.40
Unfinished business
Calendar Wednesday business, Sec. Sec. 3.20, 3.21
calling up, Sec. Sec. 3.1-3.5
conference report, Sec. 3.22
discharged bill, Sec. 3.23
District of Columbia business, Sec. Sec. 3.25, 3.26
following recess, Sec. 3.14
in Committee of the Whole, Sec. Sec. 3.11-3.13
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messages, Sec. Sec. 3.27, 3.28
motions to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 3.29-3.31
precedence and order, Sec. Sec. 3.6-3.10, 3.24
private business, Sec. 3.35
reading engrossed copy of bill (prior practice), Sec. Sec. 3.32-
3.34
roll call votes coming over from previous day, Sec. Sec. 3.15-3.19
unaffected by inter-session adjournment. Sec. 3.41
veto message postponed to day certain, Sec. Sec. 3.36-3.38
withdrawal of, Sec. Sec. 3.39, 3.40
Vetoed bills
privileged under Constitution
motion to discharge committee, Sec. 28.8
postponed to day certain, Sec. Sec. 28.4, 28.6
reported by committee, Sec. 28.7
status as unfinished business, Sec. Sec. 3.36, 3.38
Withdrawal
motion to suspend rules, Sec. Sec. 13.21-13.23
privileged resolution, Sec. Sec. 18.41, 18.42, 29.35
unfinished business. Sec. Sec. 3.39. 3.40
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