27. Reconsider. It is in order at any time, even when another member
has the floor, or while the assembly is voting on the motion to Adjourn,
during the day* [In Congress any one can move a reconsideration,
excepting where the vote is taken by yeas and nays [§ 38], when the rule
above applies. The motion can be made on the same or succeeding day.]
on which a motion has been acted upon, to move to "Reconsider the vote"
and have such motion "entered on the record," but it cannot be
considered while another question is before the assembly. It must be
made, excepting when the vote is by ballot, by a member who voted with
the prevailing side; for instance, in case a motion fails to pass for
lack of a two-thirds vote, a reconsideration must be moved by one who
voted against the motion.

A motion to reconsider the vote on a Subsidiary [§ 7] motion takes
precedence of the main question. It yields to Privileged [§ 9]

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questions (except for the Orders of the Day), and Incidental [§ 8]
questions.

This motion can be applied* [It is not the practice to reconsider an
affirmative vote on the motion to lie on the table, as the same result
can be more easily reached by the motion to take from the table. For a
similar reason, an affirmative vote on the motion to take from the table
cannot be reconsidered.] to every question, except to Adjourn and to
Suspend the Rules. It is debatable or not, just as the question to be
reconsidered is debatable or undebatable [§ 35]; when debatable, it
opens up for discussion the entire subject to be reconsidered, and can
have the Previous question [§ 20] applied to it without affecting any