[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 14,  Chapter 30]
[Chapter 30. Voting]
[B. Non-recorded Votes]
[Â§ 20. Interruptions of Teller Votes]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 30
 
                                 Voting
 
                         B. NON-RECORDED VOTES
 
Sec. 20. Interruptions of Teller Votes

For Parliamentary Inquiry or Point of Order

Sec. 20.1 The Chair refused to entertain a parliamentary inquiry during 
    a teller vote but

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    has responded to a point of order concerning the conduct of the 
    vote.

    On June 28, 1967,(5) the House resolved itself into the 
Committee of the Whole for the further consideration of a bill (H.R. 
10340) to authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration. When the Committee had arisen the day before, 
there remained pending an amendment offered by Mr. James G. Fulton, of 
Pennsylvania.
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 5. 113 Cong. Rec. 17739, 17748, 90th Cong. 1st Sess.
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    Mr. Richard L. Roudebush, of Indiana, offered an amendment to the 
Fulton amendment and, when the question was put, the Chair 
(6) announced that the noes appeared to have it. At this 
point, Mr. George P. Miller, of California, demanded tellers whereupon 
the following took place:
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 6. John J. Flynt, Jr. (Ga.).
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        Tellers were ordered, and the Chairman appointed as tellers Mr. 
    Roudebush and Mr. Miller of California.
        The Chairman: Those in favor of the amendment offered by the 
    gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Roudebush] to the amendment offered by 
    the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Fulton] will pass through the 
    tellers.
        Mr. [Joe D.] Waggonner [Jr., of Louisiana]: Mr. Chairman, a 
    parliamentary inquiry.
        The Chairman: The Committee is in the process of voting, and no 
    parliamentary inquiry can be made at this time.
        Mr. [Donald] Rumsfeld [of Illinois]: Mr. Chairman, a point of 
    order.
        The Chairman: The gentleman will state his point of order.
        Mr. Rumsfeld: Is it not correct that there should be a teller 
    in favor of the amendment and a teller in opposition?
        The Chairman: The gentleman from Illinois has asked a question 
    rather than making a point of order.
        Mr. [James G.] Fulton of Pennsylvania: I am here. I am against 
    the amendment.
        Mr. Waggonner: Mr. Chairman, a point of order.
        The Chairman: The gentleman will state his point of order.
        Mr. Waggonner: Is it not necessary, under the rules of the 
    House, in the instance of a teller vote, that the Chair name one 
    Member as a teller who supports the amendment?
        The Chairman: The Chair will state that the gentleman from 
    Louisiana has not made a point of order, but rather has asked a 
    question. The Chair designated as tellers the gentleman from 
    Indiana [Mr. Roudebush] the author of the amendment, and the 
    gentleman from California [Mr. Miller]. No point was raised until 
    the vote had begun to be taken.
        The vote will proceed.