Limit or Extend Limits of Debate - PPTQ Sec 15

The subsidiary motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate may be used to

• reduce the length of speeches permitted.

• reduce the number of speeches permitted.

• close debate at a certain time.

• All of the above

The subsidiary motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

• can only be applied to amendments.

• requires a majority vote to be adopted.

• is in order when another member has the floor.

• takes precedence over all debatable motions.

The subsidiary motion to Limit Debate can be

• postponed to a certain time.

• applied to a series of undebatable motions.

• laid on the table.

• applied to any immediately pending debatable motion.

When the motion to Limit Debate is applied to a main motion, it

• requires a majority vote to be adopted.

• can be laid on the table along with the main motion.

• does not need a second.

• is amendable and debatable.

Which one of the following motions is not debatable but is amendable?

• Lay on the Table

• Commit or Refer

• Postpone Indefinitely

• Limit or Extend Limits of Debate

The main reason that the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate requires a two-thirds vote is because it

• is a high-ranking, privileged motion.

• is two separate motions.

• takes away the rights of members to enter into free discussions.

• limits the debate on the privileged motion to Amend a motion previously adopted.

If you were chairman and a member proposed an Amendment to the main motion when the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate was pending, what would you do?

• State the proposed amendment and ask for debate.

• Call the amendment out of order and ask for debate on the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate.

• Call the amendment out of order.

• Suggest that the maker of the amendment propose a secondary amendment, since it has precedence over the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate.

If a motion to close debate in ten minutes is adopted, it is not then in order to

• move to lay the question on the table.

• move to refer the matter to a committee.

• move the previous question.

• raise a point of order.

Assume that debate on a motion is dragging on. What should you do if you wanted to reduce the number of times each member could debate?

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move that debate be limited for each member."

• Rise, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move to limited debate."

• Obtain the floor and say, "I move that debate be limited to one speech for each member."

• From your seat, and without obtaining the floor say, "I move that debate be reduced."

Unless the motion to Limit or Extend Limits of Debate is adopted by unanimous consent, the chair puts it to a vote by

• rising.

• ballot.

• raising of hands.

• voice.