Deschler's Precedents > Chapter 21
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| Order of Business; Special Orders |
TEXT 29K PDF 48K |
| A. General Principles | |
| § 1. Order Fixed by Rule and Precedent; Scheduling Business | TEXT 56K PDF 98K |
| § 2. Prayer, Approval of Journal, and Business on the Speaker's Table | TEXT 50K PDF 91K |
| § 3. Unfinished and Postponed Business | TEXT 104K PDF 186K |
| § 4. Calendar Wednesday; Morning Hour Call of Committees | TEXT 106K PDF 190K |
| § 5. District of Columbia Business | TEXT 34K PDF 65K |
| § 6. One-minute Speeches | TEXT 29K PDF 56K |
| § 7. Special-order Speeches | TEXT 44K PDF 78K |
| § 8. Varying the Order of Business | TEXT 50K PDF 97K |
| B. Motions to Suspend the Rules | |
| § 9. Use and Effect | TEXT 67K PDF 114K |
| § 10. When in Order | TEXT 40K PDF 74K |
| § 11. Recognition to Offer | TEXT 37K PDF 73K |
| § 12. Seconding the Motion; Recognition to Demand Second | TEXT 61K PDF 120K |
| § 13. Time and Control of Debate | TEXT 50K PDF 100K |
| § 14. Amendments to Propositions Under Suspension | TEXT 39K PDF 81K |
| § 15. Voting on the Motion | TEXT 24K PDF 48K |
| C. Special Rules or Orders | |
| § 16. Authority of Committee on Rules; Seeking Special Orders | TEXT 107K PDF 171K |
| § 17. Reports and Their Privilege | TEXT 39K PDF 67K |
| § 18. Consideration in the House | TEXT 169K PDF 274K |
| § 19. Interpretation and Effect | TEXT 41K PDF 67K |
| D. Types of Special Orders | |
| § 20. Varying Order of Business; Providing for Consideration | TEXT 104K PDF 158K |
| § 21. "Open" Rules, Allowing Amendments and Making in Order Certain Amendments | TEXT 75K PDF 119K |
| § 22. "Closed" Rules, Prohibiting Amendments and Allowing Only Certain Amendments | TEXT 80K PDF 120K |
| § 23. Waiving and Permitting Points of Order | TEXT 215K PDF 329K |
| § 24. As to Control, Distribution, and Duration of Debate | TEXT 51K PDF 87K |
| § 25. As to Reading for Amendment | TEXT 69K PDF 112K |
| § 26. As to Voting and Motions | TEXT 108K PDF 173K |
| § 27. Senate Bills and Amendments; Conference Reports | TEXT 115K PDF 182K |
| E. Privileged Business | |
| § 28. Authority and Scope Under Constitution, Statutes, and Rules | TEXT 73K PDF 119K |
| § 29. Certain Bills, Resolutions, and Reports | TEXT 112K PDF 183K |
| § 30. Privileged Motions as to the Order of Business | TEXT 69K PDF 119K |
| § 31. Relative Precedence Among Privileged Matters | TEXT 34K PDF 52K |