Guest lavern Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:30 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:30 PM the US constitution Article 2 Section 3 " Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper; " My question is can the President keep congress in session until the congress has completed a session ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atul Kapur Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:34 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:34 PM The US government does not operate under RONR, as I understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:37 PM Report Share Posted January 24, 2019 at 05:37 PM 2 minutes ago, Atul Kapur said: The US government does not operate under RONR, as I understand. Your understanding is correct. Guest Lavern needs to look to the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives for the answer to her question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFS1970 Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:05 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:05 AM I always thought that the house did function under RONR. They have their own separate rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Katz Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:21 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:21 AM Yes, the House has its own rules of order (as does the Senate). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Brown Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:22 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:22 AM 15 minutes ago, AFS1970 said: I always thought that the house did function under RONR. They have their own separate rules? The US House of Representatives has its own rules and defaults to Jefferson's manual as its parliamentary Authority on matters not covered by its own rules. It does not follow Robert's Rules of Order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFS1970 Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:26 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:26 AM 2 minutes ago, Richard Brown said: The US House of Representatives has its own rules and defaults to Jefferson's manual as its parliamentary Authority on matters not covered by its own rules. It does not follow Robert's Rules of Order. Thanks. I had heard somewhere that the house used RONR (or at least a previous version) and the senate used Jefferson's manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hieu H. Huynh Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:29 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:29 AM Robert's Rules of Order is based on the rules of the House and adapted for use in ordinary societies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Novosielski Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:40 AM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 03:40 AM 2 minutes ago, Hieu H. Huynh said: Robert's Rules of Order is based on the rules of the House and adapted for use in ordinary societies. And therefore the rules in RONR are far more similar to the rules of the House than those of the Senate. With knowledge of RONR, it is possible to follow fairly easily the flow of business in the House, although there are differences. The Senate processes are, by comparison, mysterious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Martin Posted January 25, 2019 at 02:16 PM Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 at 02:16 PM 10 hours ago, AFS1970 said: Thanks. I had heard somewhere that the house used RONR (or at least a previous version) and the senate used Jefferson's manual. Jefferson’s Manual is the parliamentary authority for the US House of Representatives. The US Senate has not formally adopted any parliamentary authority, but considers Jefferson’s Manual to be persuasive. Both chambers also have extensive special rules of order and centuries of precedent. In any event, however, the original question was about the proper interpretation of a clause from the United States Constitution, and RONR will certainly be of no assistance in that regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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