This resolution establishes the rules of the House of Representatives for the 118th Congress by adopting and modifying the rules from the 117th Congress; it also adopts other procedural orders. Specific changes include permitting a single Member to call for a vote to remove the Speaker; prohibiting consideration of legislation that increases without offsetting mandatory spending in set budget windows; eliminating the Gephardt rule, which provides for the automatic passage of a joint resolution to suspend the debt ceiling upon passage of a concurrent resolution on the budget; requiring a three-fifths majority of House Members to approve tax rate increases; reinstating the Holman rule, whic...
On Agreeing to the Resolution: H RES 5 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes
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On Motion to Commit: H RES 5 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes
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On Ordering the Previous Question: H RES 5 Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, and for other purposes
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