will usually answer in ordinary assemblies, and it can be increased,
when desirable, by a majority vote as shown above, or diminished as
shown in § 37. In the U. S. House of Representatives no member can
speak more than once to the same question, nor longer than one hour.
The fourth rule of the Senate is as follows: "No Senator shall speak
more than twice in any one debate on the same day, without leave of the
Senate, which question shall be decided without debate." If no rule is
adopted, each member can speak but once to the same question.]

If greater freedom is desired, the

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proper course is to refer the subject to the committee of the whole [§
32], or to consider it informally [§ 33]. [For limiting or closing the
debate, see § 37.] No member can speak the second time to a question,
until every member choosing to speak has spoken. But an amendment, or
any other motion being offered, makes the real question before the
assembly a different one, and, in regard to the right to debate, is
treated as a new question. Merely asking a question, or making a
suggestion, is not considered as speaking.

35. Undebatable Questions. The following questions shall be decided
without debate, all others being debatable [see note at end of this
section]:

To Fix the Time to which the Assembly shall Adjourn (when a
privileged question, § 10).
To Adjourn [§ 11], (or in committee, to rise, which is used instead
of to adjourn).