The motion to limit or extend limits of debate is used to modify the rules of debate.
Explanation and Use
| Class | Subsidiary motion |
|---|---|
| In order when another has the floor | No |
| Second | Yes |
| Debatable | No |
| Amendable | Yes |
| Vote Required | Two-thirds |
| Reconsider | Yes; but if vote was affirmative, only unexecuted part of order. A negative vote on this motion can be reconsidered only until such time as progress in business or debate has made it essentially a new question |
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised
The default norm is allowing each member of a deliberative assembly to make two ten-minute speeches, with a requirement that a member wait for other members who have not spoken on the question to speak before making his second speech.[1] TSC imposes this latter restriction but not the former, noting, "Parliamentary law fixes no limit on the length of speeches during debate...Debate can ordinarily be kept within reasonable time limits by the presiding officer's insistence that all discussion be confined strictly to the subject."[2]
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