No one in the White House can limit the amount of time to debate a bill. The rules governing it are specific to the House and Senate, which are not part of the Executive Branch like the President (who lives in the White House).
Place a bill on the legislative calendar, limit time for debate, and determine the type of amendments allowed.
When a bill is reported out of one of the other committees, it does not go straight to the House floor, because the House, unlike the United States Senate, does not have unlimited debate and discussion on a bill.
Floor Action
people are calling it the filibuster, but it's actually the cloture, think of it as closing the debate.
Rules Committee
If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is part of the majority, he or she gets to write the _______.
The speaker can limit the time.
The House Rules Committee places the bill on a calendar for floor debate in the House or the Senate.
motion to end debate
Place a bill on the legislative calendar, limit time for debate, and determine the type of amendments allowed.
When a bill is reported out of one of the other committees, it does not go straight to the House floor, because the House, unlike the United States Senate, does not have unlimited debate and discussion on a bill.
Floor Action
Floor Action
A procedure used in the senate to limit debate on a bill
people are calling it the filibuster, but it's actually the cloture, think of it as closing the debate.
If the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court is part of the majority, he or she gets to write the _______.
Rules Committee