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112TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 112–553 

RELATING TO THE CONSIDERATION OF HOUSE REPORT 112–546 AND AN 

ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION, AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION 

OF THE RESOLUTION (H. RES. 706) AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON 

OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM TO INITIATE OR INTERVENE IN 

JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE CERTAIN SUBPOENAS 

JUNE 27, 2012.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed 

Mr. NUGENT, from the Committee on Rules, 

submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

[To accompany H. Res. 708] 

The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House 

Resolution 708, by a record vote of 8 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 that if H. Rept. 112–546, a report from 

the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform recommending that the House of Representatives find Eric H. Holder, 

Jr., Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, in contempt of 

Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, is called up by 

direction of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 

all points of order against the report shall be waived and it shall 

be considered as read. 

The resolution provides for consideration of the resolution accompanying H. Rept. 112–546, under a closed rule. The resolution provides 50 minutes of debate on the resolution accompanying the report equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform or their respective designees. The resolution waives all points 

of order against consideration of a resolution accompanying the report. The resolution provides that the resolution accompanying the 

report shall be considered as read. The resolution provides one motion to refer at the conclusion of debate if offered by Representative 

Dingell of Michigan, which shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The 

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vides that the Chair may reduce the minimum time for electronic 

voting on the motion to recommit the resolution accompanying the 

report as though pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX. 

The resolution provides for consideration of H. Res. 706, authorizing the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas, under a closed rule. The resolution provides 20 minutes of 

debate equally divided and controlled by the Majority Leader and 

the Minority Leader or their respective designees. The resolution 

waives all points of order against consideration of the resolution. 

The resolution provides that the resolution shall be considered as 

read. The resolution provides one motion to recommit H. Res. 706. 

EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS

Although the rule waives all points of order against H. Rept. 

112–546, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The 

waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the rule waives all points of order against the resolution accompanying H. Rept. 112–546, the Committee is not aware 

of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. 

Although the rule waives all points of order against H. Res. 706, 

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. 325 

Motion by Mr. Sessions to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4 

Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote 

Mr. Sessions ..................................................... Yea Ms. Slaughter .................................................. Nay 

Ms. Foxx ............................................................ Yea Mr. McGovern ................................................... Nay 

Mr. Bishop of Utah .......................................... Yea Mr. Hastings of Florida ................................... Nay 

Mr. Woodall ...................................................... Yea Mr. Polis ........................................................... Nay 

Mr. Nugent ....................................................... Yea 

Mr. Scott of South Carolina ............................. Yea 

Mr. Webster ...................................................... Yea 

Mr. Dreier, Chairman ....................................... Yea 

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