English Explanatory Dictionary

Hastert rule

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The proposition that the speaker of a legislative body should not allow a floor vote on a bill unless a majority of the majority party supports the bill.

Word forms

Hastert rule

Etymology

After Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

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