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Previous Question

When a main motion and one or more subsidiary motions (including amendments of various rank) are before the Senate, the motion to call the previous question shall only be in order with respect to the subsidiary motion of the highest order of precedence (or, in the case of amendments, the amendment of greatest rank) then pending. The previous question shall not be in order with respect to a main motion until all subsidiary motions and all amendments to that motion have been disposed of.


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Mon May 9 17:13:34 PDT 1994