[Deschler-Brown Precedents, Volume 14,  Chapter 30]
[Chapter 30. Voting]
[D. Division of the Question for Voting]
[Â§ 50. Propositions Considered Under a Motion To Suspend the Rules]
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                               CHAPTER 30
 
                                 Voting
 
                 D. DIVISION OF THE QUESTION FOR VOTING
 
Sec. 50. Propositions Considered Under a Motion To Suspend the Rules

Sec. 50.1 It is not in order to demand a division of the question on a 
    proposition considered under a motion to suspend the rules.

    On Sept. 20, 1943,(1) Mr. John W. McCormack, of 
Massachusetts,

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moved to suspend the rules and agree to the following resolution:
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 1. 89 Cong. Rec. 7646, 7655, 78th Cong. 1st Sess.
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        Resolved, That the time for debate on a motion to suspend the 
    rules and pass House Concurrent Resolution 25 shall be extended to 
    4 hours, such time to be equally divided and controlled by the 
    chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Foreign 
    Affairs: and said motion to suspend the rules shall be the 
    continuing order of business of the House until finally disposed 
    of.

    A discussion of the resolution ensued after which the following 
exchange took place:

        Mr. [Everett M.] Dirksen [of Illinois]: Mr. Speaker, a further 
    parliamentary inquiry.
        The Speaker: (2) The gentleman will state it.
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 2. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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        Mr. Dirksen: The resolution contains two substantive proposals. 
    Is it by reason of this fact divisible?
        The Speaker: Not under a suspension of the rules, because the 
    first proposal suspends all the rules.