But it took just hours for House Republicans and Democrats to begin battling over procedure, as the Democrats opposed a package of rules for the new Congress.
And the Republicans who had pushed their caucus to back it, led by Representative Robert Goodlatte, of Virginia, had done so in a closed meeting with no warning, as part of a package of rules changes.
Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, announced Tuesday in Australia that the executive committee decided to temporarily lift the ban and may replace it with a package of rules regulating "Football Under Extreme Conditions," which would include heat, humidity, extreme cold and pollution.
The cap is one element in a package of rules that implement a global accord, known as Basel III, requiring lenders to triple the amount of basic capital they must hold to weather shocks unaided by taxpayers.
In June 1985, as part of a package of five rule changes to be implemented for the 1985 86 season, the NHL Board of Governors made a decision to introduce offsetting penalties, where neither team lost a man when coincidental penalties were called.
Officials indicated that they hoped to release a package of proposed rules this summer.
Regulators, racing against a January 2012 deadline to complete the work, told the committee that they agreed more details were necessary, and that they hoped to release a package of proposed rules this summer.
To pass a package of environmental rules, the administration dropped an ambitious initiative opposed by real estate interests that would have required landlords to pay to make their buildings more energy efficient.
Sheila L. Birnbaum, who was appointed special master in May, announced the change this week as part of a package of new rules issued for the multibillion-dollar September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
Ignoring howls and whistles from opponents of Trump, the convention chair twice refused calls for a roll call vote which would have counted the number of people backing the rebellion, insisting instead that a package of procedural rules be passed solely on a voice vote.
