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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.<SUP>(12)</SUP> 
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.<SUP>(13)</SUP> However, in at 
least one circumstance the Speaker is proscribed by rule from 
entertaining certain unanimous-consent requests.<SUP>(14)</SUP> 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.<SUP>(15)</SUP>
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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,<SUP>(16)</SUP> may object. The objection 
terminates the request.<SUP>(17)</SUP>
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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.<SUP>(1)</SUP> A Member controlling the floor under a 
reservation of the right to object loses the floor if the request is 
withdrawn.<SUP>(2)</SUP> 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.<SUP>(3)</SUP>
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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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