OFFICERS OF THE HOUSE-Continued. The Clerk pays the officers and employees monthly. (1712) Rule III, section 3. Public documents may not be delivered to officers or employees except under certain conditions. (1748) 28 Stat. L., p. 624. OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES. The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States may be removed on impeachment for treason, bribery, or other high crimes or misdemeanors. (1595) Constitution, Article II, section 4, p. 23. A proposition to impeach a civil officer of the United States is privi- The Member is an officer of the Government. 1-56, Report H. of R. OFFICIAL REGISTER. Each Member of Congress is entitled to two copies of the Official Register. (1763.) OFFICIAL REPORTERS. The appointment, removal, and supervision of the official reporters are vested in the Speaker. (1678) Rule XXXVI, section 1. OMNIBUS BILLS. A committee having reported a public bill grouping together the authorization of several distinct works, all within the jurisdiction of the committee, it was held that no point of order could be sustained when the bill came up in Committee of the Whole. (697) 1-52, Record, pp. 6168, 6173. A bill grouping together several distinct objects or works is sometimes reported instead of a series of individual bills. 1-57, Record, pp. 4820-4841, Journal, p. 659. ORDER. (a) On the floor and in galleries. (b) In debate. (c) Disorder. (d) Questions of order. See "Points of order." (a) On the floor and in galleries. The Speaker preserves order on the floor and in galleries and lobby. (42) Rule I, section 2. ORDER-Continued. (a) On the floor and in galleries—Continued. Rigid enforcement of the rule relating to disturbance in the galleries. (43) 2-6, Annals, pp. 851, 887. The Sergeant-at-Arms, under the direction of the Speaker or Chairman, maintains order in the House and Committee of the Whole. (1715) Rule IV, section 1. The mace is the symbol of the Sergeant-at-Arms and is borne by him while enforcing order. (1716) Rule IV, section 2. The President of the Senate preserves order during the counting of the electoral vote. (1766) 24 Stat. L., p. 374. (b) In debate. If any Member in speaking or otherwise transgress the rules of the House, it is the duty of the Speaker and the privilege of any Member to call him to order, in which case he shall sit down, and the offense may be a subject of decision by the House. (871) Rule XIV, section 4. A Member may not in debate refer to another Member by name. (877) 2-55, Record, p. 2433. Indecent language against the proceedings of the House, mentioning a Member by name, arraigning the motives of Members, and personalities generally, are improper in debate. (898) Jefferson's Manual, Section XVII, p. 155; 2-58, Record, pp. 5279, 5280. It is a breach of order to refer in debate to proceedings in the other House, and it is particularly the duty of the Speaker to prevent such expressions. (907) Jefferson's Manual, Section XVII, p. 157. References in the nature of criticisms of the other body or comments upon it have been repressed with strictness. (908-912) 1-46, Record, p. 1681; 1-48, Record, p. 3976; 1-51, Record, p. 10381; 1–54, Journal, pp. 451, 452, Record, pp. 4801, 4802; 1–55, Record, p. 1393. It is not in order in debate to refer to a Senator in terms of criticism personally. (1639) 1–52, Journal, p. 87, Record, p. 1703. Language used in the House and published in the Congressional Record reflecting upon the Senate and Senators presents a question of privilege. (141) 1-51, Journal, pp. 1041, 1044, Record, pp. 10068, 10101. A Member called to order in debate must take his seat, although he may be permitted by the House to proceed in order or explain. (1636–1639) 2-51, Journal, p. 174, Record, p. 1788; 2-55, Record, p. 3814; 2-53, Journal, p. 137, Record, pp. 1879, 1880; 1-52, Journal, p. 87, Record, p. 1703. ORDER-Continued. (b) In debate Continued. Words spoken by a Member after he has been called to order may be excluded from the Record by direction of the Speaker. (1680–1681– 1682) 1-38, Globe, p. 3390; 1-44, Record, p. 5697; 1-54, Record, p. 5802. When a Member is called to order for words spoken in debate, the words are to be taken down at once before further debate or business has intervened. (899) Rule XIV, section 5. The demand that disorderly words be taken down must be made at once before debate intervenes. (901) 1-51, Journal, p. 994, Record, p. 9234. Disorderly words not having been taken down when uttered, it was held not in order to recur to them for the purpose of administering censure. (900) 2-37, Journal, p. 610. The words of a Member having been taken down and the Speaker having decided that they were not in order, it was held that a motion that the Member be permitted to explain had precedence of a motion that he be permitted to proceed in order. Journal, p. 132, Record, p. 1811. (902) 2–53, When a Member who is persisting in his violation of the rule is called to order it is the practice to test the opinion of the House by a motion "that the gentleman be allowed to proceed in order." (880-882) 2-51, Journal, p. 174, Record, pp. 1787, 1788; 1-55, Record, pp. 1067, 1068; 2-55, Record, pp. 1632-1635. The Speaker having decided that words spoken are out of order, the Member may be permitted to explain, and then it is in order to move that he be allowed to proceed. (903, 904) 2–53, Journal, p. 204, Record, 2450; 1-52, Journal, p. 343. If a paper read by a Member or by the Clerk contain matter not in order, a point of order may be made as if the words were spoken in debate. (1634) 1–49, Journal, p. 2547. (c) Disorder. The Speaker may name any Member persisting in disorderly conduct. (1626) Jefferson's Manual, Section XVII, p. 156; 2-58, Record, p. 3587. A question of privilege, arising from a quarrel or other cause, must be at once disposed of. (93) Jefferson's Manual, Section XXXIII, p. 184. The parliamentary law relating to disorder in Committee of the Whole. (1627) Jefferson's Manual, Section XII, p. 148. Disorder arising in Committee of the Whole, the Speaker may take the chair and restore order without formal rising of the committee. Jefferson's Manual, Section XII, p. 148. ORDER-Continued. (c) Disorder-Continued. In cases of disorder in Committee of the Whole the Speaker has taken the chair "without an order to bring the House into order." (16281631) 2-25, Journal, p. 1013, Globe, p. 422; 1-26, Journal, p. 814, Globe, pp. 343, 394-396, 398; 1–28, Journal, p. 846, Globe, pp. 552, 577, 604; 3-46, Journal, p. 114, Record, p. 311. A Member having defied or disregarded the authority of the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole, the committee has risen and reported to the House. (1632, 1633) 1-24, Journal, pp. 1209, 1225, Globe, p. 484; 1-55, Journal, p. 52, Record, pp. 433, 434. The Committee of the Whole having risen and reported disorderly language used by a Member, a resolution of censure was held to be in order without a prior decision by the Speaker that the remarks were in fact against order. (1635) 1-51, Journal, pp. 623-625, Record, pp. 4861, 4862, 4868, 4876. Disorderly words spoken in Committee of the Whole are written down, but the committee can only report them to the House. (1627) Jefferson's Manual, Section XVII, p. 157. A Committee of the Whole may not punish a breach of order on the floor or in the gallery, but must rise and report to the House. (1627) Jefferson's Manual, Section XXX, p. 172. ORDER, POINTS OF. See "Points of order." ORDERS. Distinction between orders and resolutions. (454) Jefferson's Manual, Bills, resolutions, orders, and votes passed by the two Houses in concurrence are required by the Constitution to be presented to the President for approval. (452) Constitution, Article I, section 7, p. 7. The Constitution provides that orders, resolutions, and votes passed in concurrence by the two Houses and disapproved by the President shall be repassed by a two-thirds vote. (452) Constitution, Article I, section 7, p. 7. ORDER OF BUSINESS. (a) The regular order. (b) Speaker's table. (c) Unfinished business. (d) The morning hour or call of committees. See "Call of committees." (e) Going into Committee of the Whole at end of morning hour. (f) Priority of business. (g) Precedence of revenue and appropriation bills. (h) Bills in Committee of the Whole. ORDER OF BUSINESS-Continued. (i) General provisions. (j) Privileged reports of committees. See "Reports." (k) Bills with previous question ordered. See "Previous question." The rule prescribing the regular order of business. (344) Rule XXIV, section 1. An instance wherein the House came to the end of its order of busi A demand for the regular order is equivalent to an objection to a request for unanimous consent. (446) 1-52, Journal, p. 351, Record, p. 7028. 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. A motion relating to the order of business may not be laid upon the table. (956) 1-45, Journal, p. 1221, Record, pp. 4094-4098; 2-56, Record, pp. 1198, 1199. Before rules were adopted it was held in order to demand the previous question on a resolution relating to the order of business. (964) 1-53, Journal, p. 23, Record, p. 1027. A roll call may not be interrupted because of the arrival of the time fixed by the rules for another order of business. (1173) 1–52, Jour nal, pp. 61, 62, Record, p. 976. The motion for a recess is not privileged against the regular order of A motion relating to the order of business may not be made while a (b) Speaker's table. The rule governing the disposition of business on the Speaker's table. (347) Rule XXIV, section 2. Messages of the President are usually referred by the Speaker under the rule, but the House sometimes makes the reference. (349) Rule XXIV, section 1. The reading of a message from the President having been prevented in the closing hours of a session, it was read at the beginning of the next session. (350) 1-51, Record, p. 92; 2-53, Record, p. 15; 2–55, Record, p. 11. ! |