H.Res. 859Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor: Doug Collins [R-GA-09]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Sep 13, 2016 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedSep 12, 2016
Passed the HouseSep 13, 2016

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5620) to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the removal or demotion of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs based on performance or misconduct.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 859 as introduced in House on Sep 12, 2016. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Sep 13, 2016Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 13, 2016

How every member votedHouse roll call 498

House Sep 13, 2016 · the primary vote

On Ordering the Previous Question

Providing for consideration of H.R. 5620, the VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016

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237 Yea 170 Nay 24 not voting

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

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All members431 members

Democratic186 members

Republican245 members

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