[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 105th Congress]
[105th Congress]
[House Document 104-272]
[Rules of the House of Representatives]
[Page 741]
[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.

  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).