Co. 1  Mark: Darlene 1998; cancelled 2006 Courtesy Belinda Myers. 2  Mark: Main Street U.S.A. - 1994; cancelled 2002. 3  Dates: at least 1993 - present. 4  Location: Pawtucket, RI. 5  Notes: The name Darlene does not identify a living individual.
Gag Rule. A rule, regulation, or law that prohibits debate or discussion of a particular issue. Between 1836 and 1844, the U.S. House of Representatives adopted a series of resolutions and rules that banned petitions calling for the Abolition of Slavery.hen the first gag rule was instituted in 1836, House protocol required that the first thirty days of each session of Congress be devoted to the reading of petitions from constituents. After those thirty days, petitions were read in the House every other Monday.
1 Floor debate â In the House only, a bill goes from committee to a special Rules Committee that sets time limits on debate and rules for adding amendments. 2  If time limits are short and no amendments are allowed from the floor, the powerful rules committee is said to have imposed a  gag rule .. For example, bills on farm subsidies generally go to the Agriculture Committee. 2  Bills that propose tax changes would go to the House Ways and Means Committee. 3  Since the volume of bills is so large, most bills today are sent directly to subcommittee.