UNANIMOUS CONSENT
The House occasionally employs the practice of allowing reported or unreported measures to be considered by the unanimous agreement of all Members in the House Chamber. The power to recognize Members for a unanimous consent request is ultimately in the discretion of the Chair but recent Speakers have issued strict guidelines on when such a request is to be entertained.
Most unanimous consent requests for consideration of
measures may only be entertained by the Chair when assured that the majority and
minority floor and committee leaderships have no objection.