English Explanatory Dictionary

Byrd rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A rule regarding reconciliation in the United States Congress, defining a provision to be "extraneous"—and therefore ineligible for reconciliation—in various cases.

Word forms

Byrd rule the Byrd rule

Etymology

Named after Senator Robert Byrd.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary