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The House passed a sweeping $1.2 trillion government funding bill, sending it to the Senate just hours before the deadline to prevent a shutdown. ... For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...
The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Appropriations and the United States House Committee on the Budget. On September 17, 2014, the House voted in Roll Call Vote 509 to pass the bill 319–108. [1] On September 18, 2014, the United States Senate voted in Roll Call Vote 270 to pass the bill 78–22. [8]
The chamber approved House Resolution 82, the Social Security Fairness Act, by a 327-76 margin, with 191 Democrats and 136 Republicans voting in favor. The measure now goes to the Senate.
Introduced in the House as H.J.Res. 59 by Hal Rogers (R–KY) on September 10, 2013; Committee consideration by United States House Committee on Appropriations, United States House Committee on the Budget; Passed the House on December 12, 2013 (Roll Call Vote 640: 332-94) Passed the Senate on December 18, 2013 (Roll Call Vote 281: 64-36)
Big win for the kids and businesses: Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference on Jan. 30.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (Tom Williams via ...
The reading clerk of the United States House of Representatives reads bills, motions, and other papers before the House and keeps track of changes to legislation made on the floor. During the vote for Speaker at the beginning of each Congress, or when the electronic voting system fails, the clerk calls the roll of members for a recorded vote.
House lawmakers are bracing for a possible vote on the 1,500-page government funding deal as early as Wednesday night or Thursday morning under a fast-track process. The potential move to speed up ...
The three means of voting in the Senate are voice, division, and "the yeas and nays" (recorded votes or roll-call votes). [25] On a voice vote, the presiding officer first asks those in favor to say "aye", and then opposed to say "no". [25] The presiding officer then announces who appeared to win the vote ("The ayes [noes] appear to have it ...