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PRIVILEGED MOTIONS.
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and it is in order when another member has the floor.[1]
When one or more subjects have been assigned to a particular day or hour, they become the Orders of the Day for that day or hour, and they cannot be considered before that time, except by a two-thirds vote [§ 39]. And when that day or hour arrives, if called up, they take precedence of all but the three preceding questions [§§ 10, 11, 12] and a reconsideration [§ 27]. Instead of considering them, the assembly may appoint another time for their consideration. If not taken up on the day specified, the order falls to the ground.
The orders of the day are divided into two
- ↑ Rule 54 H. R. provides that at the close of the morning hour (which is devoted to reports from committees and resolutions) a motion is in order to proceed to “the business on the Speaker’s table, and to the orders of the day;” it then specifies the order in which the business on the Speaker’s table shall be considered, and closes thus: ‘‘The messages, communications and bills on his table having been disposed of, the Speaker shall then proceed to call the orders of the day.” While in Congress it is not in order to interrupt a member to call for the orders of the day, yet it is the practice to permit a member, at the close of the morning hour, even though another member has the floor, to move to proceed to “the business on the Speaker’s table, and to the orders of the day.” To apply the above principle to ordinary assemblies, it is necessary to allow a motion for the orders of the day to interrupt a member who may have the floor, after the time has arrived for their consideration.
