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After a bill has been read a second time, the House may order it referred to a Committee of the Whole either pursuant to the Standing Orders,[146] by unanimous consent[147] or by special order.[148] All appropriation or supply bills (bills authorizing the actual withdrawal of funds from the Consolidated Revenue Fund for government expenditures) are automatically referred to a Committee of the Whole for consideration.[149] These bills are usually considered at the end of the sitting on the last allotted day in a supply period when little or no debating time remains. The Standing Orders provide for the Speaker to interrupt the proceedings at that time and put all questions necessary, without further debate, to dispose of all stages of any supply bills.[150] Thus, the committee stage is generally very brief and the bills are reported back to the House, invariably without amendment, within a matter of minutes. On occasion, by special order, the House proceeds even more rapidly and deems the bills adopted at all stages.[151] Often a Committee of the Whole will examine non‑controversial bills or bills dealing with matters of political importance for which arrangements on the use of House time have been made. Also, the House has examined urgent legislation, such as legislation terminating strikes, by unanimous consent or by special order in a Committee of the Whole.[152] Many of these bills are considered by unanimous consent of the House at two or more stages in one sitting.[153]
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