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" No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House, or in committee: but a member reporting the measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate... "
Sketches in North America: With Some Account of Congress and of the Slavery ... - Page 145
by Hugo Reid - 1861 - 320 pages
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1844 - 702 pages
...the Speaker shall name the member is first to speak. — (April 7, 1789.) . No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or >mmittee. — (June 13, 1842.) If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the...
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The Congressional Globe, Volume 3; Volume 23, Part 3; Volume 28

United States. Congress - Law - 1854 - 878 pages
...every member choosing to speak shall have spoken." The 34:h rule says that " no member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the...consideration from a committee may open and close the debate," &c. Now, the gentleman from Ohio has had two hours already, while I have had but one. I submit the...
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The Congressional Globe, Volume 31

United States. Congress - Law - 1861 - 560 pages
...five minutes in debate on any question before the House or 111 committee ; nut a member reporting a measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate. 1861. July 9. Mr. COX. I raise the point of order that the resolution is not in order, under the resolution...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1841 - 624 pages
...rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. 120. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question, in the House or in Committee of the Whole; nor shall, any member speak more than once on the same question, without leave of the...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 235

Literature - 1902 - 874 pages
...Macaulay, that they have "gone all to tongue." In America it is the rule that "no member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or in Committee," and not more than five minutes when the House is In Committee on Appropriation Bills. If a speaker...
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Constitution of the United States ... as Proposed by the Convention ... 1787 ...

United States. Congress. House - Parliamentary practice - 1844 - 108 pages
...Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. — April 7, 1789. 34. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or in Committee.* — tune 13, 1842. 35. If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House,...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1849 - 796 pages
...Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. — (April 7, 1789.) 34. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House, or in committee ; but a member reporting tho measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate: provided, that where...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1851 - 628 pages
...Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. — (April 7, 17S9.) 34. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the...consideration from a committee may open and close the debate : provide!, that where debate is closed by order of the Hou°e, any member shall be allmveil, in committee,...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1854 - 742 pages
...Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. — April 7, 1789. 34. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the...committee, may open and close the debate; provided, that wheie debate is closed by order of the House, any member shall be allowed, in committee, five minutes...
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Congressional Serial Set, Issue 892

United States - 1856 - 848 pages
...Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. — April 7, 1789. 34. No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the...consideration from a committee may open and close thedebate: provided, that where debate is closed by order of the House, any member shall be allowed,...
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