Hastert rule

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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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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