Procedures of the United States House of Representatives
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The United States Constitution provides that each "House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings,"[1] therefore each Congress of the United States, upon convening, approves its own governing rules of procedure. This clause has been interpreted by the courts to mean that a new Congress is not bound by the rules of proceedings of the previous Congress.[2]
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Currently the procedures of the United States House of Representatives are governed by the Constitution, the House Rules, and Jefferson's Manual.