[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 106th Congress]
[106th Congress]
[House Document 105-358]
[Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice]
[Pages 246-247]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]
sec. xxxvii--coexisting questions
[[Page 247]]
question is interrupted by a vote of adjournment, it is thereby removed
from before the House, and does not stand ipso facto before them at
their next meeting, but must come forward in the usual way. So, when it
is interrupted by the order of the day. Such other privileged questions
also as dispose of the main question (e.g., the previous question,
postponement, or commitment), remove it from before the House. But it is
only suspended by a motion to amend, to withdraw, to read papers, or by
a question of order or privilege, and stands again before the House when
these are decided. None but the class of privileged questions can be
brought forward while there is another question before the House, the
rule being that when a motion has been made and seconded, no other can
be received except it be a privileged one.
Sec. 483. Fundamental principles as to coexisting
questions. |
It may be asked whether the House can be in possession of two motions
or propositions at the same time? so that, one of them being decided,
the other goes to question without being moved anew? The answer must be
special. When a
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The principles of this provision must, of course, be viewed in the
light of a more highly perfected order of business than existed in
Jefferson's time (rule XIV). The motion to withdraw is not known in the
practice of the House, not being among the motions enumerated in clause
4 of rule XVI, but a motion before the House may be withdrawn by the
mover thereof before a decision is reached (clause 2 of rule XVI).