H.Res. 609Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3442) to provide further means of accountability of the United States debt and promote fiscal responsibility, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) to provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research, to promote the progress of science in the United States that serves that national interest.

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Sponsor: Pete Sessions [R-TX-32]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Feb 10, 2016 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedFeb 9, 2016
Passed the HouseFeb 10, 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3442) to provide further means of accountability of the United States debt and promote fiscal responsibility, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) to provide for greater accountability in Federal funding for scientific research, to promote the progress of science in the United States that serves that national interest.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 609 as introduced in House on Feb 9, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Feb 10, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveFeb 10, 2016

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House Feb 10, 2016 · the primary vote

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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3442) Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3293) Scientific Research in the National Interest Act

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237 Yea 180 Nay 16 not voting

Party-line vote 1 of 417 voting members broke with their own party: 1 Democrat.

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Democratic188 members

Republican245 members

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