every other question, except to Adjourn and to Suspend the Rules, and an affirmative vote on to Lie on the Table or to Take from the Table [§ 19]. No question can be twice reconsidered. This motion cannot be amended; it is debatable or not, just as the question to be reconsidered is debatable or undebatable [§ 35]; when debatable, it opens up for discussion the entire subject to be reconsidered, and the Previous Question [§ 20], if ordered while it is pending, affects only the motion to reconsider. It can be laid on the table [§ 19], and in such cases the last motion cannot be reconsidered; it is quite common and allowable to combine these two motions (though they must be voted on separately). In this case, the reconsideration, like any other question, can be taken from the table, but possesses no privilege.[1] The motion to reconsider being laid on the table does not carry with it the pending measure. If an amend-
- ↑ In Congres; this is a common method used by the friends of a measure to prevent its reconsideration, and is deemed a finality. In ordinary societies it can be used safely only under the circumstances described in § 59 (c).
the motion to take from the table. For a similar reason, an affirmative vote on a motion to take from the table cannot be reconsidered.
