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Postpone to a Certain Time or Postpone Definitely. If it is desired to defer action upon a question to a particular time, or until after a certain event, the proper motion to make is to "postpone the question" to that time or until after that event. Debate of this motion must be limited to the propriety of the postponement. It can be amended by altering the time, and debate on this amendment must be confined to the suitability of the proposed time. The time specified must not be beyond that session of the assembly unless it is the next session, in which case the postponed question comes up then with the unfinished business. If it is desired to postpone the question to some time between the present and the next regular Rh