[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I have a parliamentary inquiry.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state it.
  Mr. HOYER. If, in fact, under the rules I indicate on behalf of the 
minority that we have no objection to that unanimous consent request, 
what effect would that have?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would read directly from page 713 
of the House Rules Manual where it states that, ``It is not a proper 
parliamentary inquiry to ask the Chair to indicate which side of the 
aisle has failed under the Speaker's guidelines to clear a unanimous 
consent request. Therefore, the gentleman has not stated a proper 
parliamentary inquiry.

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