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        <title>Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2) to repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 9) instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law; and for other purposes.</title>
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        <text>Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.</text>
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        <text>DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H.Res. 26, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Matheson (UT) amendment.</text>
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        <text>Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H. Res. 9. Measure provides for consideration of H.R. 2, as amended, with the amendment printed in Part A of the report. H.R. 2, as amended, shall be debatable in the House for seven hours, equally divided and controlled. Measure provides for consideration of H. Res. 9 which shall be considered as read, debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled, and makes in order the amendment printed in Part B of the report.</text>
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        <text>Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 26. (consideration: CR H361-373; text of measure as reported in House: CR H361)</text>
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        <text>Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 26 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H. Res. 9. Measure provides for consideration of H.R. 2, as amended, with the amendment printed in Part A of the report. H.R. 2, as amended, shall be debatable in the House for seven hours, equally divided and controlled. Measure provides for consideration of H. Res. 9 which shall be considered as read, debatable for one hour, equally divided and controlled, and makes in order the amendment printed in Part B of the report.</text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b></p> <p>Requires each of the following House Committees to report to the House legislation, within its jurisdiction, proposing specified changes to existing law (including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): (1) the Committee on Education and the Workforce; (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce; (3) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (4) the Committee on Ways and Means.</p>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Requires each of the following House Committees to report to the House legislation, within its jurisdiction, proposing specified changes to existing law (including the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act): (1) the Committee on Education and the Workforce; (2) the Committee on Energy and Commerce; (3) the Committee on the Judiciary; and (4) the Committee on Ways and Means.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Instructing certain committees to report legislation replacing the job-killing health care law.</title>
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        <description>Amendment directs the committees of jurisdiction over health care legislation to enact a permanent fix to the flawed Medicare sustainable growth rate formula used to determine physician payments under the Social Security Act.</description>
        <purpose>An amendment printed in Part B of House Report 112-2 to instruct the committees of jurisdiction to include a permanent fix to the Medicare physician payment formula in legislation to replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Car Act.</purpose>
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          <text>On agreeing to the Matheson amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 428 - 1 (Roll no. 15).</text>
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