closed rule

noun

Parliamentary Procedure.

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

Example Sentences

I’ve had others who went hungry on days they had sports or dance practice in the evening because they missed dinner and their mothers had a firm “kitchen closed” rule after dinner.

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Rep. Ralph Norman, South Carolina Republican, said GOP leadership wants to put a closed rule on any Ukraine funding measure, which would effectively eliminate the opportunity to consider amendments to the provision other than those reported by the committee.

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“I was threatened that if I voted against the closed rule to the debt ceiling agreement, it would be very difficult to bring my pistol stabilizing brace bill to the House floor for a vote,” said Mr. Clyde, Georgia Republican.

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“I was threatened that if I voted against the closed rule to the debt ceiling agreement, it would be very difficult to bring my pistol stabilizing brace bill to the House floor for a vote.”

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“Unfortunately, the legislation being considered in the House this week is drafted in such a way that could interfere with and ultimately undermine these ongoing prosecutorial efforts — just one byproduct of a process that circumvents committee markup and is expected to come to the House floor under a closed rule,” Mr. McCarthy said.

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