[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. With all due respect, that was not my assertion, nor my 
question. My assertion was that in the event that I indicate to the 
Speaker that the minority side has no objection to the unanimous 
consent request propounded by the gentleman from Michigan to allow the 
unemployment extension bill to be immediately considered, would that 
have any effect under the rule?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would repeat, once again, that 
under the clear precedents of the House, it is required that any 
measure such as that be cleared by the bipartisan floor and committee 
leadership going back to precedent established under Speaker O'Neill. 
It must be a bipartisan floor and committee leadership approval 
process.

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