[Deschler's Precedents]
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CHAPTER 23
Motions
F. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER
Sec. 42. In General; Effect
The unanimous-consent request is a procedural device that is
available both in the House and Committee of the Whole.(12)
The limitations on the application of unanimous-consent requests are
primarily those imposed by the presiding officer in the exercise of his
discretionary power to recognize Members.(13) However, in at
least one circumstance the Speaker is proscribed by rule from
entertaining certain unanimous-consent requests.(14) Also,
unanimous
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12. See, generally, Sec. 47, infra.
13. See, generally, Sec. Sec. 44, 48, infra.
14. Rule XXXII clause 1, House Rules and Manual Sec. 919 (1981). See
also Sec. Sec. 47.5, 47.6, infra.
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consent may not be requested in the Committee of the Whole on matters
properly recognizable only in the House.(15)
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15. Sec. Sec. 48.15, 48.16, infra.
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When a unanimous-consent request has been made, any Member,
including the Chair,(16) may object. The objection
terminates the request.(17)
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16. Sec. Sec. 45.4, 45.5, infra.
17. Sec. 45.6, infra.
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A Member may reserve the right to object to a unanimous-consent
request and by so doing obtains the floor. However, the Chair may
refuse to permit debate under the reservation and put the question on
the request.(1) A Member controlling the floor under a
reservation of the right to object loses the floor if the request is
withdrawn.(2) The reservation of the right to object cannot
be maintained if the regular order is demanded; in that case the
reserving Member must either object or withdraw his
reservation.(3)
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1. Sec. Sec. 46.1, 46.2, infra.
2. Sec. 46.4, infra.
3. Sec. 46.6, infra.
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