Declares that the House: (1) denounces any violations of House rules by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Members of the Democratic leadership in the strongest terms possible; (2) rejects the practices of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time for the sole purpose of circumventing the will of the House; and (3) directs the Speaker to take such steps as necessary to prevent any further abuse.
Vacates the votes on ordering the previous question and adoption of House Resolution 1031 (adopting H.Res. 895).
Directs the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to investigate and report to the House on: (1) violations of House rules by the Speaker and such Members; and (2) its findings and recommendations to the House, including a recommendation regarding the appropriate actions for the Speaker's activities.
Directs the Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of August 2, 2007, to investigate and include in the report its findings and resulting recommendations concerning the actions of the Speaker, the time the vote was held open and the changes in votes cast by members, resulting in passage of the previous question vote to H. Res. 1031 on March 11, 2008.
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1031, H. Res. 895 is considered passed House as amended. (consideration: CR H1534-1537; text as passed: CR H1534-1536)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H1543-1544; text of measure as introduced: CR H1544)
Mr. McGovern moved to table the resolution.
On motion to table the measure Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 215 - 193 (Roll no. 125).
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