On the recordDecember 13, 2011
Let me thank you for your comments. Actually, I am at the end of my comments, and I would yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair thanks the gentleman for his creativity. Does any other Member wish to be heard on the question of privilege? The Chair is prepared to rule. As the Chair ruled in similar circumstances on October 2 and October 3, 2002, a resolution expressing the sentiment that Congress should act on a specified legislative measure does not constitute a question of privileges of the House under rule IX. The mere invocation of legislative powers provided in the Constitution coupled with identification of a desired policy end does not meet the requirements of rule IX and is really a matter properly initiated through introduction in the hopper under clause 7 of rule XII. Accordingly, the resolution offered by the gentleman from Illinois does not constitute a question of the privileges of the House under rule IX. ____________________
