Questions tagged [procedure]
Questions related to a (quasi-)government body taking a specific action within its normal course of operations. Use with the relevant body and country tags.
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How do I track a bill that has been passed out of committee?
This is a general question about the U.S. House of Representatives, but for specifics I will use HR 1320 of the 119th U.S. Congress. This bill was introduced Feb 13, 2025 and referred to the ...
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Why would the US Senate introduce a bill as an amendment in the nature of a substitute to an unrelated bill?
For example, while the press hasn't covered this much, KOSA (the infamous Kids Online Safety Act) is now "KOSPA" after being combined with two other bills. However, this combination was done ...
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Why does expelled former American congressperson, George Santos, still have access to the United States of America's Congressional House floor?
Why does disgraced former American congressperson, George Santos (AKA Anthony Devolder AKA Anthony Zabrovsky allegedly AKA Kitara Ravache) still have access to the United States of America's ...
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By whom was the Trump "Immunity case" stayed while the appeal was being heard by SCOTUS?
According to a number of YouTube videos, when a case is appealed to the Supreme Court, the Court may initially decide on two separate issues:
Whether it will grant or deny certiorari. If four or ...
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Could opposition parties in the Netherlands form a coalition against Geert Wilders?
Geert Wilders' PVV party appears to have taken the largest number of seats in the Dutch election. However, thirty seven seats is far short of the 76 needed for a majority in the 150 seat parliament, ...
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Why don't members of the minority party in the U.S. House of Representative ever force a vote to vacate the Speakership?
My understanding is that the current rules of the U.S. House of Representatives allow any member of the House - including members of the minority party - to offer a motion to vacate the office of ...
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Why have the UNSC rules of procedure remained provisional?
The UN website tells us that
Article 30 of the Charter provides that the Security Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure. Since the adoption of the provisional rules of procedure at its first ...
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What does it entail when the UNSC votes to amend a draft resolution that was (previously) not adopted?
See for example S/2023/776 (let's call it S/B henceforth) which tried to amend S/2023/773 (henceforth S/A). The latter, S/A had not been adopted when S/B was proposed, because it failed a previous ...
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Origin & purpose of the "magic minute" floor speech in the US House and why would Minority Leader Hakim Jeffries use one to delay the vote by an hour?
In ABC News' October 1 2023 Rep. Bowman says triggering fire alarm ahead of House spending bill vote was 'innocent mistake' there is an embedded short video of House vote-related background material. ...
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Have Prime Ministers ever removed people from Honours Lists
PMQs again see Rishi Sunak pushed on the state of Johnson's resignation honours list and why he is allowing Johnson's nominations to the Lord's to go forward.
https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/...
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Why did members who wanted to raise a point of order during a division have to wear a top hat while talking in the House of Commons in the UK?
I read on https://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/05/hats-and-the-house-of-commons/:
Anyone who wanted to raise a point of order during a division (which in the normal world would be called a vote) had to ...
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Who limits what sensitive/secret information is shared with the US House Armed Services Committee? Can they get whatever they want for "oversight"?
Background; elected officials considered "vetted" by election and receive no formal background check before receiving sensitive/secret information
Politico's January 5, 2023 Speaker debacle ...
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If Kevin McCarthy becomes Speaker of the US House of Representatives, can he be removed later? [duplicate]
At present (January 6th 2023) Kevin McCarthy is trying to be elected as Speaker of the House. As there is a majority of Republicans in the new house, you might expect this to be straightforward, but ...
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What is the procedure for electing a Speaker of the House by plurality vote?
In 1849 and 1856, the US House of Representatives elected a speaker by plurality vote after repeated failures to elect one by majority vote (62 failed ballots in 1849, 132 in 1855-1856). What is the ...
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What is the origin of the 'no photography' rule in the House of Commons?
While reading through Hansard to research a separate question, I came across the following exchange:
Mr Speaker: Order. Someone has flashed a camera. It is quite serious to take photographs in the ...
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