Over at Congress Matters, David posts about the first procedural vote of the day. Ordering the previous question is akin to a House version of cloture, except that instead of unlimited debate, there's only an extra hour at stake. Well, that and the ability to amend the rule, which would be an exceptionally dangerous surrender of the power the majority gives itself on the Rules Committee. Essentially, ordering the previous question asks, "Will the House now end debate on that thing we were ju....
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