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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 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Dec 3, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 December 3, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Republican 9
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Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 3, 2010
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Scalise, Steve
Louisiana · Dec 11, 2009
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Dec 7, 2009
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Dec 3, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Dec 3, 2009
 R
Jordan, Jim
Ohio · Dec 3, 2009
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Dec 3, 2009
McCarthy, Kevin
· Dec 3, 2009
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Dec 3, 2009
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Smith, Adrian
Nebraska · Dec 3, 2009
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Dec 3, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 949: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-949/
MLA
"H. Res. 949: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-949/.
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H. Res. 949, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-949/.
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[H. Res. 949: 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.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-949/)
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