H.J.Res. 118Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

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Sponsor: DAVE CAMP [R-MI-04]
Cosponsors: 24 · 24 Republicans
Policy area: Social Welfare
Committees: Ways and Means Committee, Education and Workforce Committee
Latest action: Sep 21, 2012 · Received in the Senate.

IntroducedSep 11, 2012
Passed the HouseSep 20, 2012
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Sent to the PresidentNot yet reached
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What the measure doesCRS summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Disapproves of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) relating to waiver and expenditure authority under the Social Security Act with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Declares that the rule shall have no force or effect.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.J.Res. 118 as passed House without amendment on Sep 20, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

How every member votedHouse roll call 589

House Sep 20, 2012

On Passage

Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of HHS relating to waiver and expenditure authority under the Social Security Act with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program

Passed

250 Yea 164 Nay 15 not voting

Party-line vote 19 of 414 voting members broke with their own party: 19 Democrats.

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All members429 members

Democratic190 members

Republican239 members

marks half of the votes cast. A party’s majority is the side most of its voting members took.

Cosponsors24 · 24 Republicans

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.J.Res. 118 and vote against it. 2 signed when it was filed.

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What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 589

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How the chamber split

Cosponsors24 · 24 Republicans

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 589

On Passage

How the chamber split

Cosponsors24 · 24 Republicans

Who lobbied on H.J.Res. 1186 organizations

Who lobbied on H.J.Res. 1186 organizations