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Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, or Committee of the Whole

This is the House in another, more efficient, form, where much of the actual work on legislation occurs. Every Member of the House is a member of the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. The House as the Committee of the Whole operates under less restrictive rules, designed to speed up consideration of legislation. For example, 100 members constitute a quorum in the Committee of the Whole, rather than the 218 Member quorum in the House, and the length of debate is fixed by the Committee on Rules.

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