Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-ninth Congress, and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United States: First Session, Fifty-ninth CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1905 - 715 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 160
... precedence according to the order in which they were severally assigned , and that order shall only be changed by direction of the Senate . And all motions to change such order , or to proceed to the consideration of other business ...
... precedence according to the order in which they were severally assigned , and that order shall only be changed by direction of the Senate . And all motions to change such order , or to proceed to the consideration of other business ...
Page 176
... precedence as they stand arranged ; and the motions relating to adjournment , to take a recess , to proceed to the consideration of executive business , to lay on the table , shall be decided without debate . Rule IX . Immediately after ...
... precedence as they stand arranged ; and the motions relating to adjournment , to take a recess , to proceed to the consideration of executive business , to lay on the table , shall be decided without debate . Rule IX . Immediately after ...
Page 177
... precedence , must be for the orders gen- erally , and not for any particular one ; and if it be carried on the question , " Whether the House will now proceed to the orders of the day ? " they must be read and proceeded on in the course ...
... precedence , must be for the orders gen- erally , and not for any particular one ; and if it be carried on the question , " Whether the House will now proceed to the orders of the day ? " they must be read and proceeded on in the course ...
Page 206
... precedence of a motion to agree or disagree . A bill originating in one House is passed by the other with an amendment . The originating House agrees to their amendment with an amendment . The other may agree to their amendment with an ...
... precedence of a motion to agree or disagree . A bill originating in one House is passed by the other with an amendment . The originating House agrees to their amendment with an amendment . The other may agree to their amendment with an ...
Page 228
... precedence of a motion to agree or disagree .. an amendment of one House to a bill of the other be- comes the text of the bill , and may be amended in the second degree . on amendments between the Houses , question is : 1st to agree ...
... precedence of a motion to agree or disagree .. an amendment of one House to a bill of the other be- comes the text of the bill , and may be amended in the second degree . on amendments between the Houses , question is : 1st to agree ...
Common terms and phrases
28 Stat agreed appointed appropriation bill Calendar chairman Clerk commit Committee on Accounts Committee on Rules concur conference report Congress considered in Committee Constitution debate decided decision demand disagreement duties election employees enacting clause Globe go into Committee Grey Hakew Hats held impeachment insert Jefferson's Manual Jour Journal jurisdiction legislative main question ment mittee motion to adjourn motion to amend motion to go motion to recede motion to recommit motion to reconsider motion to strike motion to suspend officer paragraph pending point of order postpone precedence presents a question President previous question private bill privileged motion proceedings proposed proposition providing question of consideration question of privilege questions of order quorum Record referred resolution Revised Statutes roll call Rule XI Rule XVII Scob Senate amendment Sergeant-at-Arms session Speaker special order suspend the rules tion unanimous consent United vote Wall Whole House yeas and nays
Popular passages
Page 117 - And if the house of representatives shall not choose a president whenever the right of choice shall devolve upon them, before the fourth day of March next following, then the vice president shall act as president, as in the case of the death or other constitutional disability of the president.
Page 2 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 122 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 22 - The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Page 47 - States was proposed to the legislatures of the several States by the Fortieth Congress on the 27th of February, 1869, and was declared, in a proclamation of the Secretary of State, dated March 30, 1870, to have been ratified by the legislatures of twenty-nine of the thirty-seven States.
Page 21 - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 4 - Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New-York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five,...
Page 6 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 284 - A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.
Page 160 - ... and all motions to proceed to the consideration of other business, shall be decided without debate. (b) All appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to the application of the rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives, as the case may be, to the procedure relating to a resolution with respect to a reorganization plan shall be decided without debate.