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Use "nongermane" in a sentence
"Working with majority leader Robert Byrd, I threw out a huge stack of obstructionist amendments with a series of rapid-fire parliamentary rulings because Senate rules required the presiding officer to reject them as nongermane, or “dilatory.”"
"This CRS piece also discusses nongermane amendments, and says they are prohibited in reconciliation, but the prohibition can be waived with a 3/5ths assent."
"And would it not seem so … nongermane, we could spend our entire lives pitched in its attempt."