CALENDAR WEDNESDAY
On Wednesday of each week, unless dispensed with by unanimous consent or by affirmative vote of two-thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present, the standing committees are called in alphabetical order. A committee when named may call up for consideration any bill reported by it on a previous day and pending on either the House or Union Calendar.
The report on the bill must have been available for three days and must not be privileged under the rules of the House. General debate is limited to two hours on any Calendar Wednesday measure and must be confined to the subject matter of the measure, the time being equally divided between those for and those against.
An affirmative vote of a simple majority of the Members present is sufficient to pass the measure.
The purpose of this rarely utilized
procedure is to provide an alternative method of consideration when the
Committee on Rules has not reported a rule for a specific bill.