 | New York (State) - 1897 - 1098 pages
...may eit at any time, a motion to close debate thereon shall cut off all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been asked or ordered, and that when the motion to close debate is ordered on any proposition on which there has... | |
 | Lauros Grant McConachie - 1898 - 468 pages
...which, being ordered by a majority of members voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct...a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include... | |
 | Westel Woodbury Willoughby - Citizenship - 1898 - 348 pages
...question, which, being ordered by a majority of members present, if a quorum, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct...questions on which it has been asked and ordered." This mode of stopping debate is often known by the French word " Cldture." The existence of this rule... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed - Parliamentary practice - 1898 - 240 pages
...States House. — The previous question can not be moved in the United States Senate. In the House " the previous question may be asked and ordered upon...a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments; or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments, and include... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - New York (State) - 1898 - 1034 pages
...may sit at any time, a motion to close debate thereon shall cut off all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been asked or ordered, and that when the motion to close debate is ordered on any proposition on which there has... | |
 | United States. Congress. House, Asher Crosby Hinds - Constitutional law - 1900 - 962 pages
...which, being ordered by a majority of members voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the efIect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct...a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include... | |
 | Pauline Helm Hardin - Kentucky - 1900 - 242 pages
...subject. The effect of the previous question shall be to put an end to all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions...a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment, or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include... | |
 | International Survey Company - United States - 1901 - 216 pages
...which, being ordered by a majority of members voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct...a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include... | |
 | Mary Parker Follett - 1902 - 426 pages
...question, which, being ordered by a majority of Members present, if a quorum, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct...questions on which it has been asked and ordered. Provided that when the previous question is ordered on any proposition on which there has been no debate,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - Parliamentary practice - 1903 - 734 pages
...ordered by a majority of members voting, if a quorum be present. shall have the effect to cut ofl' all debate and bring the House to a direct vote upon...question may be asked and ordered upon a single motion, a scries of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or amendments, or may be made to embrace... | |
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QUESTION. 1. There shall be a motion for the previous question, which, being ordered by a majority of members voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct vote upon the immediate question... 
