Making laws
point of order
A member's formal objection that something before the chamber violates its rules. If sustained, the offending provision or motion falls without a vote on the merits.
In full
Raising a point of order asks the chair to rule that a bill, amendment, or motion breaks the rules: it is not germane, it exceeds a budget allocation, it violates the Byrd rule. Points of order can often be waived, which in the House is frequently what a special rule is doing, and in the Senate usually takes sixty votes. That waiver threshold is why so much procedure quietly requires a supermajority.
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