[Deschler's Precedents]
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CHAPTER 30
Voting
B. NON-RECORDED VOTES
Sec. 20. Interruptions of Teller Votes
For Parliamentary Inquiry or Point of Order
Sec. 20.1 The Chair refused to entertain a parliamentary inquiry during
a teller vote but
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has responded to a point of order concerning the conduct of the
vote.
On June 28, 1967,(5) the House resolved itself into the
Committee of the Whole for the further consideration of a bill (H.R.
10340) to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. When the Committee had arisen the day before,
there remained pending an amendment offered by Mr. James G. Fulton, of
Pennsylvania.
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5. 113 Cong. Rec. 17739, 17748, 90th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Mr. Richard L. Roudebush, of Indiana, offered an amendment to the
Fulton amendment and, when the question was put, the Chair
(6) announced that the noes appeared to have it. At this
point, Mr. George P. Miller, of California, demanded tellers whereupon
the following took place:
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6. John J. Flynt, Jr. (Ga.).
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Tellers were ordered, and the Chairman appointed as tellers Mr.
Roudebush and Mr. Miller of California.
The Chairman: Those in favor of the amendment offered by the
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roudebush] to the amendment offered by
the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fulton] will pass through the
tellers.
Mr. [Joe D.] Waggonner [Jr., of Louisiana]: Mr. Chairman, a
parliamentary inquiry.
The Chairman: The Committee is in the process of voting, and no
parliamentary inquiry can be made at this time.
Mr. [Donald] Rumsfeld [of Illinois]: Mr. Chairman, a point of
order.
The Chairman: The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. Rumsfeld: Is it not correct that there should be a teller
in favor of the amendment and a teller in opposition?
The Chairman: The gentleman from Illinois has asked a question
rather than making a point of order.
Mr. [James G.] Fulton of Pennsylvania: I am here. I am against
the amendment.
Mr. Waggonner: Mr. Chairman, a point of order.
The Chairman: The gentleman will state his point of order.
Mr. Waggonner: Is it not necessary, under the rules of the
House, in the instance of a teller vote, that the Chair name one
Member as a teller who supports the amendment?
The Chairman: The Chair will state that the gentleman from
Louisiana has not made a point of order, but rather has asked a
question. The Chair designated as tellers the gentleman from
Indiana [Mr. Roudebush] the author of the amendment, and the
gentleman from California [Mr. Miller]. No point was raised until
the vote had begun to be taken.
The vote will proceed.