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HRES 11 113th Congress House Congress Budget deficits and national debt House of Representatives Legislative rules and procedure

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule".

Introduced: January 3, 2013 Introduced by: Welch, Peter Democratic · Vermont See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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XXX (Statutory Limit on Public Debt) to the Rules of the House of Representatives to reinstate the "Gephardt rule," repealed by H.Res. 5 (adopting the Rules of the House for the 112th Congress).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.)

What's happening now January 3, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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