[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1027 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1027

   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule 
   XXVIII, popularly known as the ``Gephardt rule'', and to require 
  recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the 
                              public debt.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2008

Mr. Lamborn (for himself, Mr. David Davis of Tennessee, Mrs. Blackburn, 
Mr. Kingston, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Flake, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mrs. Cubin, 
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Pitts, Ms. 
     Foxx, Mrs. Bachmann, and Mr. Cantor) submitted the following 
        resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
   Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to strike rule 
   XXVIII, popularly known as the ``Gephardt rule'', and to require 
  recorded votes on measures that increase the statutory limit on the 
                              public debt.

    Resolved, That rule XXVIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended to read as follows:

                             ``RULE XXVIII

                    ``Statutory Limit on Public Debt

    ``It shall not be in order to agree to a bill, joint resolution, or 
conference report increasing the statutory limit on the public debt 
unless the vote upon final passage of such measure is a recorded 
vote.''.
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