Making laws
Committee of the Whole
A procedural device letting the entire House sit as one large committee, where a quorum is 100 instead of 218 and debate moves under faster rules.
In full
Formally the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. The House resolves itself into it to consider most major bills, because committee rules allow a smaller quorum, shorter speeches, and no recorded votes on amendments unless requested. Amendments are adopted or rejected here, then the House rises and takes the final passage vote as itself.
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