Thomas Jefferson: A Manual of Parliamentary Practice

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Thomas Jefferson: A Manual of Parliamentary Practice Be printed, Committees. That A take the chair, To agree to the whole or any part of report, That the H. do now resolve into committee, 291. Speaker. That he now leave the chair, after Noes. order to go into committee, That he issue warrant for a new writ, Member. That none be absent without leave, Witness. That he be further examined, Ayes. 344. Previous question, Noes. Blanks. That they be filled with the largest sum, Amendments. That words stand part of Lords. Ayes. That their amendment be read a 2d time, Noes. Messenger be received, Orders of day to be now read, if before 2 o'clock, Ayes. If after 2 o'clock, Noes. Adjournment, till the next sitting day, if before 4 o'clock, Ayes. if after 4 o'clock, Noes. Over a sitting day (unless a previous resolution,) Ayes. Over the 30th of January, Noes. For sitting on Sunday or any other day, not being a sitting day, Ayes. The one party being gone forth, the Speaker names two tellers from the affirmative, and two from the negative side, who first count those sitting in the House, and report the number to the Speaker. Then they place themselves within the door, two on each side, and count those who went forth, as they come in, and report the number to the Speaker. Mem. in Hakew. 26. A mistake in the report of the tellers may be rectified after the report made. 2 Hats. 145. note. But in both Houses of Congress, all these intricacies are avoided. The Ayes first rise and are counted, standing in their places, by the President or Speaker. Then they sit, and the Noes rise and are counted in like manner. http://www.constitution.org/tj/tj-mpp.htm (50 of 70) [4/14/2008 6:37:46 PM]
Thomas Jefferson: A Manual of Parliamentary Practice In Senate, if they be equally divided, the Vice-President announces his opinion, which decides. The constitution however has directed that "the Yeas and Nays of the members of either House on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal." And again, that in all cases of reconsidering a bill, disapproved by the President, and returned with his objections, "the votes of both Houses shall be determined by Teas and Nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the bill, shall be entered on the journals of each House respectively." By the 11th rule of the Senate, when the Teas and Nays shall be called for by one fifth of the members present, each member called upon, shall, unless for special reasons he be excused by the Senate, declare openly and without debate, his assent or dissent to the question. In taking the Teas and Nays, and upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be taken alphabetically. When it is proposed to take the vote by Teas and Nays, the President or Speaker states, that "the question is, whether e.g. the bill shall pass that it is proposed that the Teas and Nays shall be entered on the journal. Those therefore who desire it will rise." If he finds and declares that one fifth have risen, he then states that "those who are of opinion that the bill shall pass are to answer in the affirmative, those of the contrary opinion in the negative." The clerk then calls over the names alphabetically, notes the Tea or Nay of each, and gives the list to the President or Speaker, who declares the result. In Senate, if there be an equal division, the secretary calls on the Vice-President, and notes his affirmative or negative, which becomes the decision of the House. In the House of Commons, every member must give his vote the one way or the other. Scob. 24. As it is not permitted to any one to withdraw who is in the House when the question is put, nor is any one to be told in the division who was not in when the question was put. 2 Hats. 140. This last position is always true when the vote is by Yeas and Nays; where the negative as well as affirmative of the question is stated by the President at he same time, and the vote of both sides begins and proceeds pari passu. It is true also when the question is put in the usual way, if the negative has also been put. But if it has not, the member entering, or any other member, may speak, and even propose amendments, by which the debate may be opened again, and the question be greatly deferred. And as some who have answered aye, may have been changed by the new arguments, the affirmative must be put over again. If then the member entering may, by speaking a few words, occasion a repetition of the question, it http://www.constitution.org/tj/tj-mpp.htm (51 of 70) [4/14/2008 6:37:46 PM]
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