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      "summary": "This document also available in  PDF Image .\n  The House Rules Committee enables the House to debate and vote on major legislation that is\nnot privileged for floor consideration and that cannot pass by unanimous consent or under suspension\nof the rules. The Committee reports resolutions, known as rules or special rules, to make individual\nbills in order for floor action and to affect the procedures for debating, amending, and voting on the\nbills, usually in Committee of the Whole. \n  Open rules do not restrict the germane floor amendments that Members can propose. Closed\nrules generally prohibit all floor amendments, except perhaps for those recommended by the standing\ncommittee with jurisdiction over the bill. Restrictive rules, sometimes called modified open or\nmodified closed rules, limit opportunities for offering floor amendments, usually by identifying the\nspecific amendments that are to be in order. \n  The Rules Committee also may report rules with \"queen-of-the-hill\" or \"self-executing\"\nprovisions that set aside some of the regular procedures and prohibitions of the legislative process.\nIn addition, special rules can waive points of order against bills and amendments. Conference reports\nusually receive rules only or primarily to waive points of order. \n  The Rules Committee can devise a resolution to address, create, or avoid almost any\nparliamentary situation. However, each of its resolutions must be debated and adopted by majority\nvote on the House floor. Thus, the House first considers the proposed rule on a bill before beginning\nconsideration of that bill under the terms and conditions of the rule. \n  This report was originally written by Stanley Bach, a former Senior Specialist in the Legislative\nProcess at CRS. This contents of this report, and the examples cited herein, reflect the practices of\nthe House with regard to special rules at the time it was written. It will be updated to reflect any\nchanges in House practice.",
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