Hastert rule

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Hastert rule

  1. (politics) 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.

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