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      "id": 104349,
      "date": "2005-02-15",
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      "title": "House Rules Changes Affecting Floor Procedures in the 109th Congress",
      "summary": "On the first day of the 109th Congress, the House agreed to  H.Res. 5 , which made\nseveral rules changes affecting floor proceedings. These modifications include allowing committees\nto adopt rules giving chairs the general authority to make the motion necessary to send a measure\nto conference; adding Wednesdays to the permissible days on which suspension motions may be\nentertained; eliminating the Corrections Calendar; amending the rules of decorum and debate\nregarding references to the Senate and its members; and granting the Speaker added authority to\npostpone votes on certain questions. \n \n In order to prepare for a catastrophic event, the House created a procedure to determine a\nquorum in case a large number of Members are missing, incapacitated, or incapable of attending\nHouse proceedings. The House must hold two lengthy quorum calls and receive a report from the\nSergeant-at-Arms before a quorum will be determined based on the \u201cprovisional number of\nthe\nHouse.\u201d Before consideration of  H.Res. 5  began, a Member raised a point of order that\nthe provisional quorum mechanism was unconstitutional. The Speaker does not rule on\nconstitutional questions; instead, the House voted to consider the resolution, and in this way disposed\nof the constitutional question.\n \n This report will be updated if the rules of the 109th Congress change.",
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    "Constitutional Questions",
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