Adjective : Please keep your statements germane to the issue.    From Dictionary.com. 

And even if a professor's speech is not precisely within the topic of the class, my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, has long argued that academic freedom doesn't mean very much if it fails to provide some breathing room around the "germaneness" requirement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greg Lukianoff: UC Santa Barbara Investigates Professor for Anti-Israel E-Mail] Reference

The arguments we rejected were arguments of germaneness.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 13, 2005] Reference

I move this be redacted for germaneness (except for the first sentence).    From Wordnik.com.  [Report: Troops In Iraq Like Obama] Reference

He can be denied a vote — but not by the leadership, only by the rules, e.g., germaneness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Strange Tales of Congressional Procedure] Reference

There is a germaneness requirement under Dole, just not one that courts have had cause to enforce.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Socking It to (Some of) the States] Reference

MR. HILLEY: Well, if germaneness were the test, we would all have to take a deep breath on this bill.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Briefing On The Balanced Budget Agreement] Reference

+ Conservatives in GOP press for House rule changes requiring germaneness of amendments, to eliminate pork and unfriendly riders.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2010 RedState predictions thread. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference

Basically anything can be brought up at any time, with only a few exceptions: germaneness, the special rules for reconciliation, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Strange Tales of Congressional Procedure] Reference

This change, which would "completely shut down the floor to the minority," would be the first change to the germaneness rule since 1822.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Censorship] Reference

Depending on the subject matter and procedural posture, the rules have facilities for waiver, in the unlikely event a legislator objects to a provision on grounds of germaneness.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The End of Transparency (Before It Ever Began):] Reference

Given your frequent spamming of comment threads with off-topic stories that you find of great moment, you're the last person on Earth who could assert some sort of germaneness rule.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Instead of destroying the president, the ongoing public hostility has only made him stronger."] Reference

He is required to submit questions of order that raise constitutional issues, and those concerning the germaneness or relevancy of amendments to appropriations bills, to the full Senate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movies & Parliaments & CFCs, Oh My! « View From a Height] Reference

And I think, especially in the Senate, where everyone is free to jump up and offer an amendment on any bill without regard to germaneness, we're going to have to come together to determine what we can pass.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Bush Prevails in U.S. Supreme Court; Gore to Concede, Aides Say - December 13, 2000] Reference

But in this relation of “germaneness” I envisage nothing more than a loose association reflecting the relative likelihood, in practice, of our choosing one statement rather than another for revision in the event of recalcitrant experience.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unthreaded #18 « Climate Audit] Reference

What's at root at the heart of a filibuster is that Senate Rules provide that any Senator who wishes to speak on a debatable motion -- and that includes passage of a bill or amendment -- must be recognized, and once recognized, is allowed to speak as long as he/she wants and on any topic (there is no germaneness requirement).    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking: Reid Yanks Defense Authorization Bill To Force GOP's Hand] Reference

EUGENE DEWITT KINLOW: Well, you know, in the House, there's probably a germaneness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Democracy Now!] Reference

Democrats said the amendment wasn't relevant to the budget, and challenged the germaneness of the proposal.    From Wordnik.com.  [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference

The trouble apparently began when Rep. Stacey Abrams had the temerity to question the germaneness of the Senate substitution of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peach Pundit] Reference

"Show me the germaneness to their ability to lead the nation," he said last night, a few hours before Sarah Palin 's vice-presidential acceptance speech at the G.O.P. National Convention.    From Wordnik.com.  [Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now] Reference

I'm reposting it here, given it's germaneness to 'the Monster Thread', AKA: Ragnarok, the War to End all Wars, the Great Battle for our Time, the Left-Libertarian Civil War; I'm placing my chips on Ceiling Cat.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Rad Geek People's Daily] Reference

Please explain the germaneness of your question.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest Articles] Reference