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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... "
Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th ... - Page 840
by United States. Congress. House - 1884
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Hearings

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - 1965 - 890 pages
...Senators voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off 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...
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Nineteenth Century and After, Volume 28

Nineteenth century - 1890 - 1102 pages
...question, -which being ordered by the majority of the members present, if a quorum, 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 authorised motions or amendments, and include...
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Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Legislative hearings - 1979 - 516 pages
...Senators voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off 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...
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Legislative manual of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology - 1980 - 184 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 authorised motions or amendments and include...
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Legislative manual of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology - 1983 - 222 pages
...which being ordered by a maiority of Members voting. lf a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the House to a direct vote upon the lmmediate question or questions on which lt has been asked and ordered, The previous question may be...
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D.C. Committee Organization Meeting: Hearing Before the ..., Issues 2415-2416

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - Political Science - 1993 - 36 pages
...voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off all debate and bring the committee to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been asked and ordered. (d) Upon the offering of any amendment by a member, the committee clerk shall promptly transmit a copy...
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Constitution of the United States of America, with the Amendments Thereto ...

United States. Congress. House - Parliamentary practice - 1884 - 562 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...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...
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United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 9034; Issue 9366

United States - 1931 - 744 pages
...ordered by a major^a.TnhepreTio*u' ity 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...
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Senate Cloture Rule. Limitation of Debate in the Congress of the United ...

United States. Congress. Senate. Rules and Administration - Cloture - 19?? - 108 pages
...Senators voting, if a quorum be present, shall have the effect to cut off 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...
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United States Congressional Serial Set

United States - 1929 - 404 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...asked and ordered. The previous question may be asked uud ordered upon a single motion, a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment or...
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