[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 7, Chapters 22 - 25]
[Chapter 22. Calendars]
[B. Consent Calendar]
[Â§ 4. When in Order]
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                               CHAPTER 22
 
                               Calendars
 
                          B. CONSENT CALENDAR
 
Sec. 4. When in Order

    The applicable House rule (3) provides that the Consent 
Calendar shall be in order on the first and third Mondays of each 
month. However, the House has agreed to consider it on other days to 
assure that it will be called when the House will be in session 
(4) or to dispense with it because of other pressing House 
business.(5)
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 3. Rule XIII clause 4, House Rules and Manual Sec. 746 (1981).
 4. See Sec. 4.1, infra.
 5. See Sec. 4.2, infra.                          -------------------
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Change of Day for Call

Sec. 4.1 The day for the call of the Consent Calendar is often changed 
    by unanimous consent.

    For example, on Mar. 29, 1961,(6) Mr. John W. McCormack, 
of Massachusetts, asked unanimous consent that the call of the Consent 
Calendar be made in order on the second Tuesday of the month due to the 
adjournment of the House for Easter recess.
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 6. 107 Cong. Rec. 5289, 5290, 87th Cong. 1st. Sess.
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     There was no objection.(7)
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 7. The date has been changed because of the intervention of numerous 
        other holidays. For example: (1) change due to Fourth of July 
        (107 Cong. Rec. 10856, 87th Cong. 1st Sess., June 20, 1961); 
        and (2) change due to Labor Day (109 Cong. Rec. 16159, 88th 
        Cong. 1st Sess., Aug. 28, 1963).
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Suspension for Other Business

Sec. 4.2 Calls of Consent and Private Calendars may, by unanimous 
    consent, be dispensed with to facilitate consideration of other 
    business.

    On Jan. 31, 1964,(8) Mr. Carl Albert, of Oklahoma, asked 
unanimous consent that the call of the Consent Calendar on the 
following Monday and the Private Calendar on the following Tuesday be 
dispensed with.
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 8. 110 Cong. Rec. 1552, 88th Cong. 2d Sess.
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    In response to a parliamentary inquiry, the Majority Leader 
announced that the House would continue to consider the Civil Rights 
Act during this period.
    There was no objection.

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Change of Day by House Resolution

Sec. 4.3 The call of the Consent Calendar on a day other than that 
    specified in Rule XIII clause 4, has been provided for by 
    resolution reported from the Committee on Rules.

    On Aug. 31, 1961,(9) Mr. Richard W. Bolling, of 
Missouri, reported from the Committee on Rules a resolution (H. Res. 
444) that the Consent Calendar be in order on the following Wednesday:
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 9. 107 Cong. Rec. 17766, 87th Cong. 1st Sess.
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        Resolved, That the call of the Consent Calendar and 
    consideration of motions to suspend the rules, in order on Monday, 
    September 4, 1961, may be in order on Wednesday, September 6, 1961.

    The resolution was agreed to.