[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 110th Congress] [110th Congress] [House Document 109-157] [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice] [Pages 200-201] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] sec. xx--motion
Sec. 392. Parliamentary law as to making, withdrawing, and reading of motions. | When a motion has been made, it is not to be put to the question or debated until it is seconded. Scob., 21. |
Sec. 393. Interruptions of the Member having the floor. | It might be asked whether a motion for adjournment or for the orders of the day can be made by one Member while another is speaking? It can not. When two Members offer to speak, he who rose first is to be heard, and it is a breach of |