[Deschler's Precedents]
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CHAPTER 30
Voting
C. YEAS AND NAYS AND OTHER VOTES OF RECORD
Sec. 27. Interruption of Vote
For Parliamentary Inquiry
Sec. 27.1 The Speaker has permitted the interruption of a yea and nay
vote for a parliamentary inquiry where no Member had as yet
responded to his name when called.
On June 27, 1935,(11) the House voted on the passage of
a bill (H.R. 8555) to develop a strong merchant marine, among other
purposes. A division having been demanded, there were--ayes 145, noes
131. Mr. William D. McFarlane, of Texas, then demanded the yeas and
nays.
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11. 79 Cong. Rec. 10288, 10289, 74th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Immediately thereafter, the following proceedings occurred:
Mr. McFarlane: Mr. Speaker, I demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The Clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Mr. [Ralph O.] Brewster [of Maine]: Mr. Speaker--
The Speaker: (12) For what purpose does the
gentleman from Maine rise?
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12. Joseph W. Byrns (Tenn.).
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Mr. Brewster: To propound a parliamentary inquiry.
The Speaker: The gentleman will state it.
Mr. Brewster: Mr. Speaker, it was my intention to offer a
motion to recommit.
Mr. [Thomas L.] Blanton [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, I rise to a
point of order. The Clerk has already begun the calling of the roll
and has called the first name, ``Allen.'' I make the point of order
the gentleman from Maine cannot interrupt the roll call.
The Speaker: The Chair overrules the point of order. The
gentleman from Maine is entitled to propound a legitimate
parliamentary inquiry, and the Chair presumes that the inquiry
propounded is a proper one. The gentleman from Maine will state his
parliamentary inquiry.
Mr. Brewster: Mr. Speaker, do I understand that a motion to
recommit cannot be submitted at this stage?
The Speaker: Such a motion is not in order at this time.
The inquiry having been answered, the question was then taken
by the yeas and nays.(13)
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13. The Chair has also permitted a parliamentary inquiry where the yeas
and nays had been ordered but the Clerk had not yet been
directed to call the roll. See Sec. 27.2, infra.
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For Unanimous--consent Request
Sec. 27.2 A yea and nay vote having been ordered, the Chair declined to
entertain a unanimous-consent request before the Clerk called the
roll.
On May 3, 1940,(14) the House considered an amendment
adopted in the Committee of the Whole to a bill (H.R. 5435) to amend
the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The Chair having put the question
on agreeing to the amendment, the following proceedings occurred:
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14. 86 Cong. Rec. 5499, 76th Cong. 3d Sess.
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Mrs. [Mary T.] Norton [of New Jersey]: Mr. Speaker, on that I
demand the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
Mr. [Frank H.] Buck [of California]: Mr. Speaker, a
parliamentary inquiry.
The Speaker Pro Tempore: (15) The gentleman will
state it.
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15. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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Mr. Buck: On what is the vote by yeas and nays ordered?
The Speaker Pro Tempore: On the amendment as amended in
Committee of the Whole.
Mr. [Joseph W.] Martin [Jr. of Massachusetts]: I wanted the
House to have the benefit of that knowledge.
Mr. [Francis H.] Case of South Dakota: Mr. Speaker----
The Speaker Pro Tempore: For what purpose does the gentleman
rise?
Mr. Case of South Dakota: To [make] a unanimous-consent
request.
The Speaker Pro Tempore: The yeas and nays have been ordered.
The Chair will not entertain a unanimous-consent request at this
time.
A parliamentary inquiry then followed, after which the Clerk
was directed to call the roll.
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