[Deschler's Precedents, Volume 7, Chapters 22 - 25]
[Chapter 23. Motions]
[C. Motions to Lay on the Table]
[Â§ 13. Taking From the Table]
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                               CHAPTER 23
 
                                Motions
 
                     C. MOTIONS TO LAY ON THE TABLE
 
Sec. 13. Taking From the Table

By Unanimous Consent

Sec. 13.1 The proceedings whereby a bill was laid on the table were 
    vacated by unanimous consent.

    On May 4, 1959,(1) the House was considering the bill 
H.R. 5610, to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937, the Railroad 
Retirement Tax Act, and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.
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 1. 105 Cong. Rec. 7310-13, 86th Cong. 1st Sess.
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        Mr. [Oren] Harris [of Arkansas]: Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous 
    consent that the proceedings whereby the bill H.R. 5610 was laid on 
    the table, the amendment agreed to, the bill engrossed and read a 
    third time, and passed, be vacated for the purpose of offering an 
    amendment. . . .
        The Speaker: (2) Is there objection to the request 
    of the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Harris)?
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 2. Sam Rayburn (Tex.).
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        There was no objection.

    Parliamentarian's Note: A few days earlier, on Apr. 30, 1959, while 
the House had under consideration H.R. 5610, the Senate messaged to the 
House S. 226, a measure differing in only one respect from the House 
bill as it had been amended on the floor. After passage of H.R. 5610, a 
motion was adopted to strike out all after the enacting clause in S. 
226 and insert the language of the House bill, and the House bill was 
then laid on the table. The following day, shortly before the Senate 
bill was to be messaged to the Senate, a question was raised as to the 
constitutionality of the Senate-passed bill because of a tax feature 
therein. The proceedings in the House on May 4, 1959, were necessitated 
by the fact that all bills containing revenue provi

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sions must, under article I, section 7 of the Constitution, originate 
in the House. Following the amendment of the House bill and the 
indefinite postponement of the Senate bill, the House bill, H.R. 5610, 
was messaged to the Senate.

Sec. 13.2 It is in order by unanimous consent to consider a resolution 
    that has been laid on the table.

    On May 22, 1935,(3) the following occurred on the floor 
of the House:
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 3. 79 Cong. Rec. 8026, 74th Cong. 1st Sess.
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        Mr. [William M.] Citron [of Connecticut]: Mr. Speaker, I ask 
    unanimous consent to take from the table House Joint Resolution 
    107, authorizing the President of the United States of America to 
    proclaim October 11 of each year General Pulaski's Memorial Day for 
    the observance and commemoration of the death of Brig. Gen. Casimir 
    Pulaski.
        The Speaker: (4) Is there objection to the request 
    of the gentleman from Connecticut?
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 4. Joseph W. Byrns (Tenn.).
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        There being no objection, the Clerk read the resolution.