Republicans brought up a procedural motion to have, you know, to do something else.

NPR: Republicans Protest as Recess Nears in Congress

On a procedural motion, the 39 Democrats who voted to prevent its adoption were successful.

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"The timing of the procedural motion in relation to the Scarweather windfarm has been tabled at the most inconvenient time for the objectors, " he said.

BBC: Artist's impression of the turbines at Scarweather Sands

Democrats are planning to offer a procedural motion, which is likely to be tabled by Republicans, to delay the vote for speaker until Gingrich's ethics case is resolved.

CNN: AllPolitics - Decision Day - jan. 7, 1997

The session opened with a division on a motion to allow the Commons to sit in private, which is sometimes used as a procedural tactic to test the quoracy of the House, and was interrupted for a ministerial statement.

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