[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3791]
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                        PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES

  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sensenbrenner). The gentleman will state 
his parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. It is my understanding, or am I correct in 
understanding that if the gentleman's objection is heard and we cannot 
go to conference using the very same names of the conferees that were 
submitted to his staff yesterday, that we are going to be forced to 
roll over until Tuesday and not appoint conferees until Tuesday, and 
that the critical interests of the Defense Department will not be met 
because the conference will not be had until later than that?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, that is not a point of order.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin is correct.
  Mr. OBEY. You can go to conference on Tuesday at the same time as you 
could under your motion.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Wisconsin is correct. 
This is not a proper parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, to rephrase my parliamentary inquiry, 
the gentleman from Louisiana is under the impression that with the 
gentleman's objection, we cannot go to conference. Is that correct?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is correct.
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. All right. Then further parliamentary inquiry, Mr. 
Speaker, when might we be able to go to conference on this critical 
defense issue?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Louisiana knows that 
there are two ways by which a bill can be committed to conference. One 
is by unanimous consent, and second is by a motion made pursuant to 
rule XX of the Rules of the House, or by a rule from the Committee on 
Rules. That is a third way.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary 
inquiry.
  Mr. OBEY. Is it not true that the gentleman can easily find himself 
in conference on Tuesday just as he would have found himself in 
conference on Tuesday if he makes this motion Tuesday using the right 
rule?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. That is not a parliamentary inquiry.
  Mr. OBEY. It may not be, but it is a fact.
  

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