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Literature | Moving the Previous Question A parliamentary dodge for burking an obnoxious bill. The method is as follows:- A "question," or bill, is before the house, an objector does not wish to commit himself by moving its rejection, so he moves "the previous question," and the Speaker moves, from the chair, "that the question be not put"- that is, that the house be not asked to come to any decision on the main question, but be invited to pass to the "orders of the day." In other words, that the subject be shelved or burked. N.B. A motion for "the previous question" cannot be made on an amendment, nor in a select committee, nor yet in a committee of the whole house. The phrase is simply a method of avoiding a decision on the question before the House. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 4F 56 49 4E 47 54 48 45 50 52 45 56 49 4F 55 53 51 55 45 53 54 49 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01001111 01010110 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010000 01010010 01000101 01010110 01001001 01001111 01010101 01010011 00100000 01010001 01010101 01000101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M O V I N G   T H E   P R E V I O U S   Q U E S T I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 004F 0056 0049 004E 0047 0054 0048 0045 0050 0052 0045 0056 0049 004F 0055 0053 0051 0055 0045 0053 0054 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)47495643484125442392505239564349555325155395354434948 |
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