HRES 949
111th Congress
House
Congress
Budget deficits and national debt
House of Representatives
Legislative rules and procedure
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a two-thirds vote on a stand-alone bill to increase the statutory limit on the public debt.
Introduced: December 3, 2009
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Became law
Dec 3, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Dec 3, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends Rule XXVIII (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to repeal procedures for considering legislation that increases the statutory debt limit. Makes it out of order to consider such legislation if there is any other matter in it.
Prohibits legislation that increases the statutory limit on the public debt from being considered as passed or agreed to unless so determined by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Members.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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