    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 707-708]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                    Rule XXV.

    <>   All questions relating to the priority of business
    shall be decided by a majority without debate.

                              PRIORITY OF BUSINESS.

    [[Page 708]]

      This rule was adopted in 1803 to prevent obstructive debate (IV,
    3061). The question of consideration under clause 3 of rule XVI and the
    motion that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole are
    not debatable (VIII, 2447; IV, 3062, 3063).

      This rule may not be invoked to establish an order of business or to
    inhibit the Speaker's power of recognition (Speaker Albert, July 31,
    1975, p. 26249). It has been held that appeals from decisions of the
    Chair as to priority of business are not debatable under this rule (V,
    6952).