 | United States. Congress. Senate, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules - 1913 - 652 pages
...shall not be withdrawn without leave. [Jeffersonis Manual, Sec. XX. RULE XXII. PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. When a question is pending, no motion shall be received...To lay on the table. To postpone indefinitely. To commit. To amend. Which several motions shall have precedence as they stand arranged; and the motions... | |
 | Connecticut. Secretary of the State - Connecticut - 1913 - 674 pages
...or amendment. 6th. When a question is before the Senate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a time certain, to commit, or to amend ; which several motions shall take precedence in the order in... | |
 | United States - 1914 - 726 pages
...to amend is at the foot of the list, and preceding it, in the order of acceptance, are the motions to adjourn; to adjourn to a day certain, or that when...postpone indefinitely; to postpone to a day certain; and to commit. The first organized Senate fairly reversed this order. In the rules it first adopted,... | |
 | Nebraska. Legislature. Senate - 1915 - 1044 pages
...When a question is under debate, no motion can be received but to adjourn, for the previous question, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain day, to omit or amende which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand... | |
 | Vermont. General Assembly. House of Representatives - Vermont - 1917 - 1040 pages
...adjourn to a day certain, That when the House ad j ourn it shall be to a day certain, To take a recess, To lay on the table, To postpone indefinitely, To postpone to a day certain, To commit, To amend, To reconsider, To suspend a rule, which several motions shall have precedence as they stand arranged.... | |
 | Rhode Island - Law - 1917 - 792 pages
...received except to adjourn, for the previous question, to fix a time for closing debate, to take a recess, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are here arranged.... | |
 | Providence (R.I.) City Council - Providence (R.I.) - 1923 - 172 pages
...amendment. SIXTH. When a question is under debate, no motion shall 'be received, unless "to adjourn," "to lay on the table," "to postpone indefinitely,"...amend," which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are here arranged. SEVENTH. No motion or proposition of a subject different... | |
 | Lindsay Rogers - United States - 1926 - 310 pages
...to apply closure by majority vote "contributes to multiplicity of laws." 26 These laws, however, are to proceed to the consideration of executive business, to lay on the table, shall be decided without debate." There is thus no provision for stopping a single Senator who desires... | |
 | World alliance of reformed Churches - 1884 - 730 pages
...When a question is under consideration, no motion shall be received except "To Adjourn the House;" " To Lay on the Table ;" " To Postpone Indefinitely ;" " To Postpone to a Time Specified 5" " To refer to a Committee ;" or, " To Amend ;" and these motions shall have precedence... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration - Cloture - 1951 - 340 pages
...insert these in the record. (The present rule referred to follows:) RULE XXII PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS 1. When a question is pending, no motion shall be received...To postpone to a day certain. To commit. To amend. f Which several motions shall have precedence as they stand arranged; and the motions relating to adjournment,... | |
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... to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion for adjournment shall always be in order, and be decided without debate. 
