[House Report 115-369]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


115th Congress    }                                    {        Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session      }                                    {       115-369

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 PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO THE CONCURRENT 
RESOLUTION (H. CON. RES. 71) ESTABLISHING THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR 
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 AND SETTING FORTH THE 
    APPROPRIATE BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2019 THROUGH 2027

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  October 24, 2017.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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   Mr. Woodall, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 580]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 580, by a record vote of 7 to 4, report the 
same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution 
be adopted.

                SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION

    The resolution provides for the consideration of the Senate 
amendment to H. Con. Res. 71. The resolution makes in order a 
motion offered by the chair of the Committee on the Budget or 
her designee that the House concur in the Senate amendment to 
H. Con. Res. 71. The resolution waives all points of order 
against consideration of the motion. The resolution provides 
that the Senate amendment and the motion shall be considered as 
read. The resolution provides one hour of debate on the motion 
equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Budget.

                         EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

    Although the resolution waives all points of order against 
consideration of the motion, the Committee is not aware of any 
points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature.

                            COMMITTEE VOTES

    The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion 
to report, together with the names of those voting for and 
against, are printed below:

Rules Committee record vote No. 127

    Motion by Ms. Slaughter to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #1 offered by Rep. Yarmuth 
(KY) and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which eliminates fast-track 
procedures for legislation that would increase deficits to 
provide tax cuts for millionaires and wealthy corporations; and 
amendment #2 offered by Rep. Pascrell Jr (NJ) and Rep. Yarmuth 
(KY) and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which establishes the policy that 
Congress shall retain the state and local tax deduction; and 
amendment #3 offered by Rep. Lee (CA) and Rep. Yarmuth (KY) and 
Rep. McGovern (MA) and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which restores 
funding for programs that ensure families can provide basic 
standard of living for themselves and their families; and 
amendment #4 offered by Rep. Khanna (CA) and Rep. Yarmuth (KY) 
and Rep. Slaughter (NY), which makes it the policy of Congress 
that the estate tax should not be repealed; and amendment #5 
offered by Rep. Jayapal (WA) and Rep. Yarmuth (KY) and Rep. 
Slaughter (NY), which makes it the policy of Congress that the 
wealthiest Americans in the top one percent do not get a tax 
cut; and amendment #6 offered by Rep. Yarmuth (KY) and Rep. 
Slaughter (NY), which makes it the policy of Congress to not 
create a new tax loophole allowing wealthy pass-through owners 
to avoid paying their fair share of taxes; and amendment #7 
offered by Rep. Schakowsky (IL) and Rep. Yarmuth (KY) and Rep. 
Slaughter (NY), which rejects cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and 
other health programs, and prevents the repeal or replacement 
of the Affordable Care Act; and amendment #8 offered by Rep. 
Grothman (WI), which instructs House and Senate Committees to 
reduce mandatory spending by $203 billion for the period of 
Fiscal Years (FY) 2018 through 2027. Allows the Senate 
Committee on Finance to increase the deficit by not more than 
$1.434 Trillion for the period of FY2018 to FY2027, in addition 
to allowing the House Committee on Ways and Means to increase 
the deficit by not more than $1.448 Trillion for the period of 
FY2018 to FY2027. Defeated: 4-6

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................  ............  Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................  ............
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 128

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #8, offered by Rep. Grothman 
(WI), which instructs House and Senate Committees to reduce 
mandatory spending by $203 billion for the period of Fiscal 
Years (FY) 2018 through 2027. Allows the Senate Committee on 
Finance to increase the deficit by not more than $1.434 
Trillion for the period of FY2018 to FY2027, in addition to 
allowing the House Committee on Ways and Means to increase the 
deficit by not more than $1.448 Trillion for the period of 
FY2018 to FY2027. Defeated: 4-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................  ............
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 129

    Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order and provide the 
appropriate waivers to amendment #3, offered by Rep. Lee (CA) 
and Rep. Yarmuth (KY) and Rep. McGovern (MA) and Rep. Slaughter 
(NY), which restores funding for programs that ensure families 
can provide basic standard of living for themselves and their 
families. Defeated: 4-7

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Nay   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Yea
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Nay   Mr. McGovern......................          Yea
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Yea
Mr. Collins.....................................          Nay   Mr. Polis.........................          Yea
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Nay
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Nay
Mr. Buck........................................  ............
Ms. Cheney......................................          Nay
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Nay
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Rules Committee record vote No. 130

    Motion by Mr. Woodall to report the rule. Adopted: 7-4

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                Majority Members                      Vote               Minority Members               Vote
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Mr. Cole........................................          Yea   Ms. Slaughter.....................          Nay
Mr. Woodall.....................................          Yea   Mr. McGovern......................          Nay
Mr. Burgess.....................................  ............  Mr. Hastings of Florida...........          Nay
Mr. Collins.....................................          Yea   Mr. Polis.........................          Nay
Mr. Byrne.......................................          Yea
Mr. Newhouse....................................          Yea
Mr. Buck........................................  ............
Ms. Cheney......................................          Yea
Mr. Sessions, Chairman..........................          Yea
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