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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-Continued.

(c) General provisions-Continued.

The reference of public bills, memorials, and resolutions is entered on the Journal and Record, and correction of reference is made on motion of the committees concerned. (450) Rule XXII, section 3. Petitions, memorials, and private bills are referred by Members and delivered to the Clerk, who enters them on the Journal and furnishes a transcript for the Record. (448) Rule XXII, section 1. The report of a committee of conference must be printed in the Record before its consideration. Rule XXIX, section 2. But not in the

Journal. 2-57, Record, p. 2709.

Of the Congressional Record each Member and Delegate has thirty copies. 29 Stat. L., p. 454; 28 Stat. L., pp. 617, 618.

General law governing the distribution of the Congressional Records 28 Stat. L., pp. 617, 618.

Extracts from Congressional Record may be printed for Members at cost. (1679) 18 Stat. L., p. 347.

Copies of the Congressional Record are furnished to newspaper correspondents. 31 Stat. L., p. 713.

CONSIDERATION, QUESTION OF.

(a) General provisions.

(b) When it may be demanded.

(c) When it may not be raised.

(a) General provisions.

The question of consideration shall not be put unless demanded by a Member. (810) Rule XVI, section 3.

The House having voted to consider a matter, a point of order against it comes too late. (692, 1666-1667) 1-51, Journal, p. 233, Record, p. 1353; 2-51, Journal, p. 346, Record, p. 3711; 1-54, Journal, p. 595, Record, p. 6331; 2-57, Record, p. 231.

A matter of privilege may be called up again and again subjected to the question of consideration, although previously on the same day this question may have been decided against it. (818) 1-54, Record, pp. 6283, 6299.

The refusal of the House to consider a bill does not amount to its rejection and does not prevent its being brought before the House again. (819) 2-48, Journal, p. 491, Record, p. 1388.

It has been held that when the question of consideration is undisposed of at an adjournment it does not recur as unfinished business on the succeeding day. (820, 821) 2-53, Journal, pp. 66, 67, Record, pp. 508, 509. It is not in order to reconsider the vote whereby the House refuses to consider a bill. 3-55, Record, p. 197; 1-56, Record, p. 2453, Journal, p. 299.

CONSIDERATION, QUESTION OF-Continued.

(a) General provisions-Continued.

The House having voted to consider a report, it is too late to question whether or not the report has been made properly. (692) 1-54, Journal, p. 595, Record, p. 6331.

A point of order which, if sustained, might prevent the consideration of a bill should be made and decided before the question of consideration is put, but it is otherwise when the point of order merely relates to the method of consideration. (813) 2-55, Record, p. 6553; 1-51, Journal, p. 331, Record, p. 2133.

(b) When it may be demanded.

The question of consideration may be raised against a matter of privilege. (112) 1-48, Record, p. 5299.

The question of consideration may not be demanded against a class of business in order under a special order or a rule, but may be demanded against each bill individually as it is brought up. (822, 823) 1-47, Journal, p. 1540, Record, p. 5349; 2-50, Journal, p. 239, Record, p. 762.

The question of consideration may not be raised against District of Columbia business as a class, but may be raised against the bills individually. (822, 823, 1444, 1445) 1-47, Journal, p. 1540, Record, p. 5349; 2-50, Journal, p. 239, Record, p. 762; 2-53, Journal, pp. 350, 351, 425, Record, pp. 3997, 6121.

The question of consideration may be raised against a special order. (1264) 1-49, Record, p. 776.

Though a bill may come up for consideration under the terms of a special order specifying the bill individually, yet the question of consideration may be raised. (824-827) 1-49, Journal, p. 2297, Record, p. 7335; 2-49, Journal, p. 581, Record, p. 1684; 1-55, Record, p. 2514; 2-50, Record, pp. 1062, 1400.

It has been held that the question of consideration may not be demanded against a bill which comes up under a special order providing for its immediate consideration. (828) 2-53, Journal, pp. 484,

485, Record, p. 7548.

When two special orders are made for the same time, the one first made has priority over the other; but the question of consideration can be raised against either of them. (1260, 1261) 1-26, Globe, p. 325; 1-49,

Record, p. 4543.

The question of consideration may be demanded against a question of the highest privilege, such as the right of a Member to his seat. (817, 818) 1-35, Journal, pp. 1083, 1085; 1-54, Record, pp. 6283, 6299.

CONSIDERATION, QUESTION OF-Continued.

(b) When it may be demanded-Continued.

A Member may demand the question of consideration, although the Member in charge of the bill claims the floor for debate. (79) 2–55, Record, p. 5763.

A Member whose intention to raise the question of consideration had been frustrated by an affirmative vote on a motion to adjourn was allowed to raise the question on the succeeding day. (812) 2-44, Journal, p. 252, Record, p. 725.

(c) When it may not be raised.

The question of consideration may not be raised after the question has been stated and discussion has begun. (811) 1-17, Journal, pp. 296,

297.

It has generally, although not always, been held that the question of consideration may not be raised after the previous question has been ordered. (815, 816, 827) 1-48, Record, p. 5543; 2-52, Journal, p. 33, Record, p. 381; 2-50, Record, pp. 1062, 1400.

The question of consideration may not be demanded against a bill returned with the objections of the President. (836, 837) 2-53, Journal, p. 312, Record, pp. 3458, 3459.

The question of consideration may not be raised on a motion relating to the order of business. (832-835) 1-51, Journal, pp. 103, 968, Record, pp. 433, 8814; 2-52, Journal, p. 56, Record, p. 822; 2-53, Journal, p. 145, Record, p. 2009. As the motion to discharge a committee. 3-58, Record, p. 4021.

A motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider a bill having been made, it was held that the only way for the House to express its wish as to consideration of the bill was by its vote on the motion to go into Committee of the Whole. (835) 2-53, Journal, p. 145, Record, p. 2009; 2-56, Record, p. 2917; 1-57, Record, p. 2498; 2-57, Journal, p. 271, Record, pp. 2426, 2427.

In the Fifty-second and Fifty-third Congresses the former practice of entertaining the question of consideration against a report of the Committee on Rules was reversed. (829–831) 2-51, Journal, p. 273; 1-52, Journal, p. 91; 2-53, Journal, pp. 71, 72, Record, p. 528. Pending consideration of a report from the Committee on Rules the question of consideration and appeals has been ruled out of order as dilatory. (1547) 1-53, Journal, pp. 96, 97, 98.

A vote by yeas and nays having been without result, because of the failure of a quorum, it was held that the question of consideration might not intervene on a succeeding day before the second call of the yeas and nays. (814) 1-51, Journal, p. 941, Record, p. 8432.

CONSIDERATION, QUESTION OF-Continued.

(c) When it may not be raised-Continued.

It is not for the Chair to pass upon the consistency of a proposed amendment with a proposition already agreed to. 2-56, Record, pp. 2098, 2099.

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

Method of proposing amendments to the Constitution.

tution, Article V, p. 30.

(1782) Consti

It is not the duty of the Speaker to construe the Constitution as affecting proposed legislation. (89) 2−45, Journal, p. 921, Record, p. 2713. The vote required on a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution is two-thirds of those voting, a quorum being present, not two-thirds of the entire membership. (1128) 2-55, Record, p. 4826.

The yeas and nays are not necessarily taken on the passage of a resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution. 1-57, Record, pp. 1721, 1722.

Proposed amendments to the Constitution may be amended by a majority vote. 1-56, Record, p. 4128, Journal, pp. 467, 468. CONSTITUTIONAL PRIVILEGE.

A bill to amend the law in relation to vacancies in the offices of President and Vice-President was treated as highly privileged. (143) 2-44, Journal, pp. 555, 556, Record, p. 1980.

A proposition to impeach a civil officer of the United States is privileged. (144-147) 3-37, Journal, p. 159, Globe, p. 145; 2-39, Journal, p. 121, Globe, p. 320; 2-48, Journal, pp. 27, 28, Record, pp. 17, 19; 1-54, Journal, p. 37, Record, p. 115.

Distinctions as to constitutional privilege. (210) 2-55, Record, p. 3381.
A bill making an apportionment of Representatives presents a privi-
leged question. (1774) 2-51, Journal, p. 59, Record, p. 530.
A bill relating to taking the census was held to be privileged.
Record, p. 884, Journal, p. 166.

1-56,

A resolution that the rights and dignity of the House have been invaded by the Executive presents a question of privilege. (140) 2-53, Journal, pp. 43, 44, Record, pp. 397-400; 2-58, Journal, p. 26, Record pp. 55-58.

Questions as to its invasion by origination of revenue bills in the Senate. (133-135) 2-27, Journal, p. 287, Globe, pp. 195, 196; 2-45, Journal, p. 1303, Record, pp. 4605-4614; 2–48, Journal, pp. 316, 317, 332, 333, Record, pp. 948, 962; 3–58, Record, pp. 2730-2736, 2766–2770. It is for the House and not the Speaker to decide whether or not a Senate amendment to a revenue bill violates the privileges of the House. 2-56, Journal, pp. 217, 218, Record, pp. 2258-226-2.

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CONSTITUTIONAL PRIVILEGE-Continued.

A legislative proposition, presented in obedience to a mandatory pro-
vision of the Constitution, was held to involve a question of privi-
lege. 2-56, Journal, pp. 80, 81, Record, pp. 520–522.

Alleged infringement by the treaty-making power on the constitutional
right of the House to originate revenue measures presents a question
of privilege. (139) 2-49, Journal, pp. 349, 350, Record, p. 917.
A point of order relating to the constitutional privilege of the House
may be made at any time. 2-56, Journal, pp. 217, 218, Record, pp.

2258-2262.

CONTEMPTS.

See "Privilege."

CONTESTANTS IN ELECTION CASES.

Entitled to the privileges of the floor of the House during its sessions. (1740) Rule XXXIV.

CONTESTED ELECTIONS.

The right of a Member to his seat may come up at any time as a question of privilege, even though the subject has been referred to a committee. (112) 1-48, Record, p. 5299.

A motion to discharge a committee from the consideration of a con-
tested election case presents a question of the highest privilege.
(113) 1-49, Record, p. 7403.

The right of a Member to his seat presents a question of privilege, and
takes precedence of other business. (107-116) 1-26, Journal, pp. 1283,
1300; 1–29, Journal, p. 201, Globe, p. 158; 1-31, Journal, p. 1065,
Globe, pp. 1315, 1317; 2−31, Journal, p. 119, Globe, p. 190; 2-44, Jour-
nal, p. 15, Record, p. 11; 1-48, Record, p. 5299; 1-49, Record, p.
7403; 1-53, Journal, p. 157, 159; 1-51, Journal, p. 22, Record, p. 196.
A resolution for the employment of a handwriting expert in an elec-
tion case was admitted as privileged. 2-58, Record, p. 721, Journal,
p. 142.

The contestant in an election case is sometimes allowed, by unanimous
consent, to address the House in his own behalf. (843) 1-54, Record,
pp. 1120, 1168.

A contestant heard in his own behalf is subject to all the rules of debate applying to the Member. A Speaker, being a contestee, was allowed to speak by unanimous consent. (840) 1-28, Journal, p. 1012, Globe, p. 648.

Questions that have arisen over the effect of votes defeating resolutions declaring Members entitled to their seats, etc. (109, footnote) 1-30, Journal, p. 709, Globe, p. 643; 1-31, Journal, p. 1065, Globe, pp. 1315, 1317; 1-54, Record, p. 5915.

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