H.Res. 696Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 195) to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

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Sponsor: Tom Cole [R-OK-04]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Jan 18, 2018 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedJan 17, 2018
Passed the HouseJan 18, 2018

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the Senate amendment to the bill (H.R. 195) to amend title 44, United States Code, to restrict the distribution of free printed copies of the Federal Register to Members of Congress and other officers and employees of the United States, and for other purposes; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 696 as introduced in House on Jan 17, 2018. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Jan 18, 2018Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveJan 18, 2018

How every member votedHouse roll call 27

House Jan 18, 2018 · the primary vote

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Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 195, the Federal Register Printing Savings Act of 2017; waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules; and providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules

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229 Yea 191 Nay 10 not voting

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

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Democratic193 members

Republican237 members

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