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  2. Frocking - Wikipedia

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    An officer must not be under a suspension of favorable personnel actions. Authority to wear the grade of rank to which frocked will not be recorded in official orders. A frocked officer is not entitled to the pay and allowances commensurate with the grade of rank to which frocked.

  3. Suspension of the rules - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, suspension of the rules may take place with unanimous consent. [5] Typically, a member will make a request to consider particular business or take a special action not permitted by the rules. The chair will ask if there is any objection; if there is no objection, the rules are suspended. [5] [6]

  4. Suspension of the rules in the United States Congress

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    Typically, a suspension motion is phrased as a motion to "...suspend the rules and pass the bill" and, if the motion is agreed to, the bill is considered passed by the House. This means that, most of the time, a suspension motion is effectively a motion to pass a bill immediately notwithstanding any rule preventing such immediate passage.

  5. Exxon Corp. v. Governor of Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The Court held that the regulation was constitutional despite huge extraterritorial effects of the regulation, less burdensome options available to the state, and no legitimate state interest apart from a desire for cheaper oil. This case is an exception to the rules set forth in Pike v. Bruce Church, Inc.. Justice Blackmun, with the only vote ...

  6. Standing Rules of the United States Senate - Wikipedia

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    After consideration, the committee can report a favorable recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or report no recommendation. It can also fail to act. To simplify the process, with the support of the committee, the Senate by unanimous consent can discharge a nomination from the committee without the committee having acted.

  7. Banks, investors hope for lighter regulations after Fed's ...

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    File photo: Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in the wake of recent bank failures, on ...

  8. Regulatory takings in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1922, the Supreme Court held in Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon that governmental regulations that went "too far" were a taking. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, writing for the majority of the court, stated that "[t]he general rule at least is that while property may be regulated to a certain extent, if regulation goes too far it will be recognized as a taking."

  9. United States House Committee on Rules - Wikipedia

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    The Committee on Rules (or more commonly the Rules Committee) is a committee of the United States House of Representatives.It is responsible for the rules under which bills will be presented to the House of Representatives, unlike other committees, which often deal with a specific area of policy.