[Deschler's Precedents] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access] [DOCID:52093c23_txt-8] [Page 4546-4548] CHAPTER 23 Motions B. MOTIONS TO POSTPONE Sec. 7. Postponement to a Day Certain Postponement of Veto Messages to a Day Certain Sec. 7.1 The debatable motion to postpone further consideration of a veto message to a day certain is privileged and takes precedence over the pending question of passing the bill notwithstanding the objections of the President. [[Page 4547]] On Jan. 27, 1970,(7) the House was considering the veto message on H.R. 13111, the Labor and HEW appropriations for fiscal 1970. The following then took place: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. 116 Cong. Rec. 1367, 1368, 91st Cong. 2d Sess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Speaker Pro Tempore: (8) The objections of the President will be spread at large upon the Journal, and the message and bill will be printed as a House document. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Carl Albert (Okla.). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The question is: Will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill H.R. 13111, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding? The Speaker: The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Mahon). Motion Offered by Mr. Mahon Mr. [George H.] Mahon [of Texas]: Mr. Speaker, I move that further consideration of the veto message from the President be postponed until tomorrow. The Speaker Pro Tempore: The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Mahon) is recognized on his motion. Sec. 7.2 A Member offering a motion to postpone further consideration of a veto message to a day certain may seek recognition to move the previous question thereon. On June 23, 1970,(9) the House was considering the veto message on H.R. 11102, the medical facilities construction and modernization amendments of 1970, when a motion to postpone was offered: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. 116 Cong. Rec. 20877, 91st Cong. 2d Sess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Speaker: (10) The objections of the President will be spread at large upon the Journal and the message and bill will be printed as a House document. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. John W. McCormack (Mass.). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. [Harley O.] Staggers [of West Virginia]: Mr. Speaker, I move that further consideration of the veto message of the President be postponed until Thursday, June 25, 1970. Mr. Speaker, the reason I ask for this postponement is to serve notice on all Members of the House and to give everyone an opportunity to study the veto message and to participate in what I think is a highly important matter. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the motion. The previous question was ordered. The Speaker: The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Staggers). The motion was agreed to. Sec. 7.3 A veto message postponed to a day certain is the unfinished business on that day. On Apr. 14, 1948,(11) the House resumed consideration of the veto message on H.R. 5052, dealing with the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code. The --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. 94 Cong. Rec. 4427, 80th Cong. 2d Sess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 4548]] proper order of business was announced by the Speaker: The Speaker: (12) The Chair wishes to state the order of business. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (Mass.). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The unfinished business is the further consideration of the veto message of the President of the United States on the bill (H.R. 5052) to exclude certain vendors of newspapers or magazines from certain provisions of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code. The Speaker also indicated that when a veto message postponed to a day certain is announced as the unfinished business on that day, no motion is required from the floor for the consideration of such veto; the question ``Will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding'' is the pending business: (13) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. 94 Cong. Rec. 4427, 4428, 80th Cong. 2d Sess. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Speaker: The question is, Will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding? . . . The Speaker: The gentleman from California [Mr. Gearhart] is recognized. Mr. [Herman P.] Eberharter [of Pennsylvania]: Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? Mr. [Bertrand W.] Gearhart: I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania. Mr. Eberharter: Has the gentleman made a motion to call up the bill? Mr. Gearhart: The Parliamentarian advises me that is not necessary. The Speaker has already stated the issue. Mr. Eberharter: I just wanted the record to be certain. I did not hear the gentleman make a motion to call up the bill. Mr. Gearhart: I believe the gentleman's question has already been answered. Mr. [John E.] Rankin [of Mississippi]: Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will yield, the bill is before the House now automatically. Mr. Eberharter: Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for a parliamentary inquiry? Mr. Gearhart: Gladly. The Speaker: The Chair will state that he has already put the question, but he will repeat it if the gentleman desires. Mr. Eberharter: No. I just want to have the record straight. The Speaker: The veto message was originally read on April 6, and the request of the gentleman from California was that it be reread for the information of the House. Previous to that request the Chair had stated that the question before the House was, Will the House, on reconsideration, pass the bill, the objections of the President to the contrary notwithstanding? The gentleman will proceed.