H.Res. 653Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority, and providing for proceedings during the period from March 24, 2016, through April 11, 2016.

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Sponsor: Doug Collins [R-GA-09]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Mar 22, 2016 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedMar 21, 2016
Passed the HouseMar 22, 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2745) to amend the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall exercise authority with respect to mergers only under the Clayton Act and only in the same procedural manner as the Attorney General exercises such authority, and providing for proceedings during the period from March 24, 2016, through April 11, 2016.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 653 as introduced in House on Mar 21, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Mar 22, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveMar 22, 2016

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House Mar 22, 2016 · the primary vote

On Ordering the Previous Question

Providing for consideration of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015; and providing for proceedings during the period from March 24, 2016, through April 11, 2016

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231 Yea 154 Nay 48 not voting

Party-line vote No voting member broke with their own party.

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Democratic188 members

Republican245 members

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