[Deschler's Precedents]
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CHAPTER 23
Motions
C. MOTIONS TO LAY ON THE TABLE
Sec. 13. Taking From the Table
By Unanimous Consent
Sec. 13.1 The proceedings whereby a bill was laid on the table were
vacated by unanimous consent.
On May 4, 1959,(1) the House was considering the bill
H.R. 5610, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad
Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.
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1. 105 Cong. Rec. 7310-13, 86th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Mr. [Oren] Harris [of Arkansas]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous
consent that the proceedings whereby the bill H.R. 5610 was laid on
the table, the amendment agreed to, the bill engrossed and read a
third time, and passed, be vacated for the purpose of offering an
amendment. . . .
The Speaker: (2) Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Harris)?
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2. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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There was no objection.
Parliamentarian's Note: A few days earlier, on Apr. 30, 1959, while
the House had under consideration H.R. 5610, the Senate messaged to the
House S. 226, a measure differing in only one respect from the House
bill as it had been amended on the floor. After passage of H.R. 5610, a
motion was adopted to strike out all after the enacting clause in S.
226 and insert the language of the House bill, and the House bill was
then laid on the table. The following day, shortly before the Senate
bill was to be messaged to the Senate, a question was raised as to the
constitutionality of the Senate-passed bill because of a tax feature
therein. The proceedings in the House on May 4, 1959, were necessitated
by the fact that all bills containing revenue provi
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sions must, under article I, section 7 of the Constitution, originate
in the House. Following the amendment of the House bill and the
indefinite postponement of the Senate bill, the House bill, H.R. 5610,
was messaged to the Senate.
Sec. 13.2 It is in order by unanimous consent to consider a resolution
that has been laid on the table.
On May 22, 1935,(3) the following occurred on the floor
of the House:
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3. 79 Cong. Rec. 8026, 74th Cong. 1st Sess.
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Mr. [William M.] Citron [of Connecticut]: Mr. Speaker, I ask
unanimous consent to take from the table House Joint Resolution
107, authorizing the President of the United States of America to
proclaim October 11 of each year General Pulaski's Memorial Day for
the observance and commemoration of the death of Brig. Gen. Casimir
Pulaski.
The Speaker: (4) Is there objection to the request
of the gentleman from Connecticut?
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4. Joseph W. Byrns (Tenn.).
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There being no objection, the Clerk read the resolution.