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Suspension of Rules in the House (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Revised Jan. 6, 2005
Report Number 97-901
Authors Thomas P. Carr, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
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Summary:

From the 100th through the 105th Congresses (1987-1998), the House of Representatives acted on measures through a motion to suspend the rules an average of 549 times per Congress. Measures so acted on wee sponsored by members of the minority party, on average, 17.3 percent of the time (15.9 percent if sponsors of House measures only are counted). Figures for the 106th through the 108th Congress, are significantly above these averages.