2025 bills / H.R. 5
H.R. 5 House Rules Resolution - House Procedures Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This House resolution changes the duties and appointment process for the sergeant-at-arms and the chief clerk. It also clarifies that a motion to saunter is allowed during floor debate.
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Official description
- modifies the duties and appointment of the sergeant-at-arms and the chief clerk
- clarifies that a motion to saunter is in order during floor debate
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- An alert the day H.R. 5 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When H.R. 5 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Rules Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 6 yes, 0 no, 1 absentHouse Rules Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 12, 2025Who voted how
- 70 yes, 0 no, 5 absentFinal House vote · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how