closed rule

American  

noun

Parliamentary Procedure.

1. a rule that prohibits amendments to a bill from the floor.

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Example Sentences

His committee approved the closed rule, 8 to 3.

From Time Magazine Archive

Only once in the history of the House, in 42 years in my memory, has a bill of this kind and character been considered except under a closed rule .

From Time Magazine Archive

Simpson agreed to a "closed rule," i.e., no floor amendments, and Mills in return agreed to let Simpson propose his own substitute bill on the floor of the House.

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Then came the final vote on the adoption of the closed rule.

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Cooper asked for the "usual and customary" closed rule, i.e., one that would bar amendments on the House floor but would permit a motion to send the bill back to committee for rewriting.

From Time Magazine Archive