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Amendment reported as an entirety, not divisible

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Never in order to discharge, from consideration of bill until
reported, unless erroneously referred

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Not in order to lay on table bill reported with recommendation
to strike out enacting clause....

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Recommendation to strike out enacting clause debatable.
Report changing rules of House, not in order and a nullity..
Effect of refusal to strike out enacting clause, or all after
enacting clause-distinguished...

Chairman of—

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May cause lobby or galleries to be cleared in case of disorder.
Has power to administer oaths....

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Duties of, analogous to those of Speaker

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Committee of the Whole House.

Bills of a private character shall be referred to. (Rule XIII, 1).
In order each Friday to consider bills on Private Calendar.
(Rule XXIV, 6) ..

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Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

Bills raising revenue and public bills appropriating money or
property, when reported from committees, shall be referred
to. (Rule XIII, 1)............

Amendments of Senate to House bills subject to point of order
that they be first considered in. (Rule Xxx)

Compensation-

Accounts of Members for pay and mileage shall be kept and
paid by Sergeant-at-Arms. (Rule IV, 1).

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To officers and employés of the House shall be paid by Clerk
on last day of month. (Rule 111, 3).......

Accounts of Members for stationery shall be kept and paid by
Clerk. (Rule III, 3)

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Of Members shall be ascertained by law. (Const.)
Begins on 4th March, after election, and paid monthly.
When Member elected to fill vacancy...

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Of Speaker..

Of contestant, when seated, receives for entire term....
Unseated Member receives, to day declared not elected..
Of Members and Delegates, as fixed by law...

Shall be certified by Clerk until Speaker is elected
Members certified as elected entitled to, notwithstanding
pending contest.....

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Shall be passed as public accounts and paid out of Treasury

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Compensation-Continued.

Accounts for, shall be certified by Speaker.....

Certificate as to, conclusive.....

Balance of, due deceased Members, shall be paid to widow or
heirs

How computed..

Shall date from time that of predecessor ceased....

Two per cent tax to be deducted from salaries of Members and
officers

Deductions from on account of absence....

Members required to certify number of days absent.....
Section 40, R. S., held to be still in force

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No allowance to Members for newspapers..

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For expenses in contested-election cases not to exceed $2,000,
to be paid only on vouchers...

To officers and employés paid by warrant on Treasury

Concurrence-

Effect of negative vote on question of.....
Practice as to, when amendment proposed.
Motion to refer Senate amendment takes precedence of ques-
tion of ....

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Senate amendments not requiring consideration in Committee
of Whole may be concurred in when laid before House.....
Senate amendment subject to motion to commit or amend
unless previous question ordered on motion to concur......
Conference-

Usually asked on occasion of amendments between the
Houses

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May be asked in all cases of difference..

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Procedure previous to................

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Sometimes takes place after adherence by one House
Usually two held before adherence

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Motion to recede takes precedence of motion to insist and ask.

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Motion to recede in order pending demand for previous ques-

tion on motion to insist or adhere, but not debatable
Must be asked by House which has the papers.....

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House asking must leave papers with the other House..... 347,348
Conference Committees-

Precedence of consideration of reports of. (Rule XXIX).
Prescribing when reports of, in order. (Rule XXIX) .

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Reports of, shall give detailed statement of effect of amend-
ments or propositions on which made. (Rule XXIX)
Usually consists of three Members of each House.

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Conference Committees-Continued.

Where report of, disagreed to, motion to insist and ask further
conference in order

In case of disagreement either House having papers may ask
further conference....

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House may, without reconsidering, take action contrary to its
instructions to.....

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Report of—

House may discharge its conferees pending a conference, and
recede from disagreement to Senate amendments...
Motion to insist takes precedence over motion to instruct...
Dissolved when report made..

When, may be received

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Shall be signed by majority of committee of each House
Can not be amended

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May recommend agreement to some matters and disagreement
to others...

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Amendments undisposed of by, may be acted on by House
Question of reference of Senate bill may be interrupted by...
Motion to recommit, not in order.....

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May embrace proposition which would not have been in order
in the House originally

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Provisions in, not subject to point of order except when text
previously agreed upon is effected.......

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Amendment recommended in, in order, though not germane to
bill, if germane to amendment in dispute..........

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Not required to be considered in Committee of the Whole.. 349, 350
Must be treated as an entirety.....

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Presenting matter not in dispute, House refused to receive...
Can not be laid on the table.............

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On presentation of, not in order to demand reading of en-
grossed bill.......

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Not for Speaker to decide whether detailed statement accom-
panying is sufficient......

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May be presented pending motion to adjourn or to fix day...
If question of consideration demanded against, motion to
adjourn or fix day then in order...

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In order to present, pending motion to adjourn, but House
may adjourn pending its consideration..

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Amendment reported in, not germane to bill or matter in
dispute, out of order

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Conference Committees-Continued.

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Instructions to-Continued.

Too late to move after House has insisted, appointed conferees,

and passed to other business

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Held not in order to move, inconsistent with what had been

agreed by both Houses....

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Congress. (See MEETING OF CONGRESS, SESSION OF CONGRESS.)

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List of pairs shall be published in. (Rale VIII, 2).......
Transcript of reference of petitions, memorials, and bills
shall be published in. (Rule XXII, 1,3)..

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Messages from Senate and President of the United States
announcing bills passed or approved to be published in.
(Rule XLI)...

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Contains stenographic report of debates in and proceedings
of House

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How published, volumes, parts, serial numbers of, explained.
Rules for publication of..

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Reporters for, appointed by Speaker....

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Reporters for, made officers of the House, (See also RE-
PORTERS.)

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Five reporters for, at compensation fixed by law..
Franking privilege allowed on....

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Extracts from, printed at cost on order of Member.

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Bound copy of, shall be furnished officers of the House...
Copy of, furnished to each State and Territory.
Relative to indexing....

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Matter not actually delivered in debate can not be printed in,
without consent of House...

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Consideration-

Question of, shall not be put unless demanded. (Rule XV1,3).
Any motion entertained, or debate on proposition constitutes..
Recommitment is a mode of...

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Question of-

Can be demanded against report even though privileged
After discussion commenced too late to demand...
Always in power of House to decide...

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Consideration-Continued.

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Question of-Continued.

Can not be demanded against a class of business..

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May be raised against a bill even on a day set apart for its
consideration..

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Decided affirmatively by adoption of a special order to imme-
diately consider a measure....

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May be demanded against a District bill on the second or
fourth Monday......

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Held not in order to demand against bill on which yeas and
nays have been ordered

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Can not be demanded against a motion to resolve into Com
mittee of Whole generally or to consider a class of business.
Can not be demanded against a motion.............

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Held not in order to demand, against a report from the Com-
mittee on Rules....

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May be demanded to determine which shall be first considered
where previous question has been ordered on two bills...............
Privileged question once considered is subject to, when again
called up.....

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After House has decided affirmatively, point may be made that
bill be considered in Committee of the Whole.....
Terminates with day on which proposition is presented and
does not recur as unfinished businees....

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Can not be demanded against reconsideration of vetoed bill..
Contested Elections. (See ELECTIONS, CONTESTED.)
Contingent Fund-

Account of disbursement of, shall be kept by the Clerk. (Rule
III, 3)..

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Subjects relating to disbursements of, referred to Committee
on Accounts. (Rule XI, 52) .

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Matters relating to expenditures of, may be reported at any
time. (Rule XI, 57)..

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(See ACCOUNTS, COMMITTEE ON.)

Contracts for the House-

Shall be made or approved by Clerk. (Rule III, 3).......

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Copyrights-

Subjects relating to, shall be referred to the Committee on

Patents. (Rule XI, 27).

Correction of Reference-

Of bills, resolutions, etc. (Rule XXII, 2, 3).......

Counting the House. (See QUORUM.) See also Rule XVII, clause 2.2..
Court of Claims. (See CLAIMS, COURT OF)..

Deaf and Dumb, Columbian Institution for..

Debate-

On appeal from decision of Speaker, no member shall speak
more than once. (Rule 1, 4)

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