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This is more a matter of parliamentary procedure than of correct English, but people are generally confused about what “calling the question” means. They often suppose that it means simply “let’s vote!” and some even imagine that it is necessary to call for the question before a vote may be taken.
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Two thirds must agree. If the motion to call the question passes, the Chair immediately puts the question ... -Crush the practice of people calling out “question” from their seats. If the Chair lets people get away with this, rise and say, “Point of order.” This really is about order. The Chair will ask your point.
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But I have another question for you. Is "calling the question" appropriate in our club board meeting? I have not found the "calling the question" ...
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Previous question - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Previous question , in parliamentary procedure (also known as calling for the question , calling the question , close debate and other terms) is a motion to end debate, and the moving of amendm...
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about calling into question. calling into question. Information about calling into question in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... In addition, rather than simply calling into question the usefulness of the so-called Protestant work ethic, McCarraher chose to demonize Calvinism generally,
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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about calling in question. calling in question. Information about calling in question in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... calling in question; Calling Indicator; calling into play; calling into play; calling into play; calling into play; calling into play; calling into play; calling into play;
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This question will continue to be explored intensely for the next few years. But an issue that also deserves public debate is the role that ACORN continues to play in New York City politics and community development.
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The Environmental Protection Agency, keen to advance President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives, apparently suppressed a report from leading experts calling into question the science behind the theory of manmade climate change.
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Kucinich will use a procedural move to try and force House consideration of impeaching the vice president. ... The question then becomes how much damage can we sustain and still manage to right the ship? An even more ominous question is have we already past the critical point beyond which salvage is simply not possible?
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Debate surrounding Obama's "blackness" is the conversation that won't go away. ... "If you appeal to white folks, then there must be something wrong," said Obama, trying to work out in his own mind why this "puzzling question," as he called it, continues to be "perpetrated through our press."
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