Chapter 3. Art. III. Privileged Motions. 17. To Adjourn. ... The motion to adjourn (when unqualified) is always a privileged motion except when, for lack of provision for a future meeting, as in a mass meeting, or at the last meeting of a convention, its effect, if adopted, would be to dissolve the assembly permanently.
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The motion to adjourn , in parliamentary procedure, is used to close a meeting or convention. This motion may be a privileged or a main motion depending on conditions existing at the time that it is...
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2. Motion to Adjourn - not debatable; goes to immediate majority vote. ... A member can propose to close the meeting entirely and immediately by moving to adjourn. This motion can be made and the meeting can adjourn even while business is pending, providing that the time for the next meeting is established by a rule of...
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Motion to Adjourn A Motion to Adjourn seeks to end a day's session in the House and is offered routinely at day's end. ... The motion is sometimes used during the day as a form of protest.
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A Motion to Adjourn seeks to end a day's session in the Senate. ... At the end of a daily session, the Senate recesses more often than it adjourns. ... An adjournment creates a new legislative day; a recess does not.
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3.11 MOTION TO ADJOURN. A motion to adjourn is always in order except during a roll call. After a motion to adjourn is made, before putting the question, the Speaker may permit any member to state reasons why adjournment might be improper at that time.
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Plant opponents also filed a motion to stop the proceedings, citing incomplete environmental impact information and what they allege is Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s “divide and conquer” strategy.
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Rep. McCrery [R-LA4]: Madam Speaker, the substance of this motion to recommit is basically to say, look, these matters are complex. My good friend on the Ways and Means Committee, Mr.... ... Chair: The question is on the motion to adjourn offered by the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Boehner).
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Question: On Motion to Adjourn ... Category: Adjourn ... Result: Failed, 180-237, with 15 not voting.
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