[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 3, Chapters 10 - 14]
[Chapter 12. Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees]
[A. Introductory; Particular Kinds of Misconduct]
[Â§ 4. Violations of House Rules]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                               CHAPTER 12
 
        Conduct or Discipline of Members, Officers, or Employees
 
            A. INTRODUCTORY; PARTICULAR KINDS OF MISCONDUCT
 
Sec. 4. Violations of House Rules

    As shown in the summary below, many of the rules of the House 
contain provisions under which a Member may be disciplined or penalized 
for certain acts or conduct:

                                House Rules

        Rule I clause 2--Speaker shall preserve order and decorum.
        Rule VIII clause 1--Disqualification from voting on floor on 
    question where Member has a direct personal and pecuniary interest.
        Rule XIV clause 1--Obtaining the floor, and method of address 
    (``confine himself to the question under debate, avoiding 
    personality'').
        Rule XIV clause 4--Call to order of Member on his transgressing 
    the rules during sessions.
        Rule XIV clause 5--Words taken down if Member is called to 
    order.
        Rule XIV clause 7--Prohibition on exiting while Speaker is 
    putting the question; prohibition on passing between a Member who 
    has the floor, and the Chair, while the Member is speaking; 
    prohibition against wearing a hat or smoking while on the floor.
        Rule XIV clause 8--Prohibition against introducing persons in 
    the galleries to the House or calling the attention of the House, 
    during a session, to people in the galleries.
        Requiring a Member to withdraw where he has persisted despite 
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    peated calls to order (Jefferson's Manual, see House Rules and 
    Manual Sec. 366 [1973]).
        No criticism of the Senate (Jefferson's Manual, see House Rules 
    and Manual Sec. 372 [1973]), nor personal abuse, innuendo or 
    ridicule of the President (Jefferson's Manual, see House Rules and 
    Manual Sec. 370 [1973]).
        Punishment by House of a Member for things of which the House 
    has cognizance (Jefferson's Manual, see House Rules and Manual 
    Sec. Sec. 303 et seq. [1973]).