H.Res. 11: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the “Gephardt rule”.

Introduced:
Jan 03, 2013 (113th Congress, 2013–2015)
Sponsor:
Rep. Peter Welch [D-VT0]
Status:
Referred to Committee

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Introduced Jan 03, 2013
Referred to Committee Jan 03, 2013
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10% chance of getting past committee.
10% chance of being agreed to.

Only 27% of House simple resolutions made it past committee and only 26% were agreed to in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]

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Last updated Jan 03, 2013.
4 pages

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1/3/2013--Introduced.
Adds Rule XXX (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) to the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule," repealed by H.Res. 5 (adopting the Rules of the House for the 112th Congress). (The Gephardt rule:
(1) provided for an automatic engrossment and transmittal to the Senate of a joint resolution changing the public debt limit, upon the adoption of a congressional concurrent budget resolution; and
(2) avoided a separate vote in the House on public debt-limit legislation.)

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  • 31 U.S.C. Chapter 31