Point of Order
February 6, 1975
Second reading
Hon. James Jerome
Speaker of the House
Ruling Text
The amendment is a statement of opposition to some parts of the bill rather than an expression of a principle.
Even if the amendment could be held to express some principle, it is clearly opposed to some, and not all, provisions of the bill. But the precedents imply that such an amendment should oppose all the principles or provisions of the bill.
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Holding
"An amendment at second reading is out of order if it opposes only some, and not all, of the principles or provisions of the bill."
AI Summary
The Speaker ruled an amendment inadmissible at second reading because it only opposed some provisions of the bill, not its entire principle.
AI Analysis
- Outcome
- Denied
- Tone
- Educational
- Procedural Stage
- Second reading
- Significance
Low
High