[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY

  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, do the House rules not require that 
the proponent of an unsuccessful motion to recommit, who has stated 
that he or she is opposed to the bill in its present form, vote against 
the bill on final passage?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Terry). A Member must state his 
opposition to the bill in order to qualify to offer a motion to 
recommit.
  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. I 
noticed that the proponent of the motion to recommit, who stated his 
opposition, voted in favor of the bill after the motion to recommit was 
rejected by the House.
  Is that not in violation of the rules?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The positive rule is satisfied when the 
gentleman states his opposition to the bill in qualifying to be 
recognized to offer the motion.
  Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speaker, further parliamentary inquiry. If the 
gentleman states his opposition to the bill and then does not follow up 
his statement, are not the rules violated or the House misled?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair accepts the gentleman's statement 
as final, but it does not bind his vote on passage as a matter of 
positive rule.

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