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hres 180 · 115th Congress · House

Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 720) to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to improve attorney accountability, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 985) to amend the procedures used in Federal court class actions and multidistrict litigation proceedings to assure fairer, more efficient outcomes for claimants and defendants, and for other purposes.

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Cosponsors
0 current · 0 total
Actions
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Roll calls
2
Criterion breakdown8 criteria · max 90
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Recorded vote · House roll call 138 · 2017-03-09
233 Yea · 186 Nay · 0 Present · 10 Not voting — Passed
R
231–0 (Yea–Nay)
D
0–186 (Yea–Nay)
I
1–0 (Yea–Nay)
L
1–0 (Yea–Nay)
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Actions (13)
DateTimeAction
2017-03-08—Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 19.
2017-03-08—The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 115-29, by Mr. Collins (GA).
2017-03-08—The House Committee on Rules reported an original measure, H. Rept. 115-29, by Mr. Collins (GA).
2017-03-08—Introduced in House
2017-03-0817:36:01Providing for consideration of the bills H.R. 720 and H.R. 985.
2017-03-0912:34:35Considered as privileged matter.
2017-03-0912:38:46DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 180.
2017-03-0913:06:04POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H. Res. 180, the Chair put the question on ordering the previous question and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Slaughter demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of ordering the previous question until a time to be announced.
2017-03-0914:16:58Considered as unfinished business.
2017-03-0914:43:03On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 186 (Roll no. 138).
2017-03-0914:52:00On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 184 (Roll no. 139).
2017-03-0914:52:00Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233 - 184 (Roll no. 139).
2017-03-0914:52:02Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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