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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Thursday, October 19, 1995 (131), Para 131.5 Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 2425]
[Pages 1553-1554]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.131.5  providing for the consideration of h.r. 2425

  Mr. LINDER, by direction of the Committee on Rules, called up the 
following resolution (H. Res. 238):

       Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this 
     resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 1(b) of rule 
     XXIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the 
     Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of 
     the bill (H.R. 2425) to amend title XVIII of the Social 
     Security Act to preserve and reform the Medicare Program. The 
     first reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points 
     of order against consideration of the bill are waived. 
     General debate shall be confined to the bill and amendments 
     specified in this resolution and shall not exceed three hours 
     equally divided among and controlled by the chairmen and 
     ranking minority members of the Committee on Ways and Means 
     and the Committee on Commerce. After general debate the bill 
     shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. 
     An amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the 
     text of H.R. 2485, modified by the amendment printed in the 
     report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this 
     resolution, shall be considered as adopted in the House and 
     in the Committee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, shall be 
     considered as the original bill for the purpose of further 
     amendment under the five-minute rule. The bill, as amended, 
     shall be considered as read. All points of order against 
     provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No further 
     amendment shall be in order except the amendment in the 
     nature of a substitute printed in the Congressional Record 
     and number 2 pursuant to clause 6 of rule XXIII, which may be 
     offered only by the minority leader or his designee, shall be 
     considered as read, shall be debatable for one hour equally 
     divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and 
     shall not be subject to amendment. All points of order 
     against that amendment in the nature of a substitute are 
     waived. After a motion that the Committee rise has been 
     rejected on a day, the Chair may entertain another such 
     motion on that day only if offered by the chairman of the 
     Committee on Ways and Means, the chairman of the Committee 
     on Commerce, or the majority leader, or a designee of any 
     of them. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill 
     for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the 
     bill, as amended, to the House with such further amendment 
     as may have been adopted. The previous question shall be 
     considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and any 
     amendment thereto to final passage without intervening 
     motion except one motion to recommit with or without 
     instructions. The motion to recommit may include 
     instructions only if offered by the minority leader or his 
     designee. The yeas and nays shall be considered as ordered 
     on the question of passage of the bill and on any 
     conference report thereon. Clause 5(c) of rule XXI shall 
     not apply to the bill, amendments thereto, or conference 
     reports thereon.

  When said resolution was considered.
  After debate,
  Mr. LINDER moved the previous question on the resolution to its 
adoption or rejection.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House now order the previous question?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. LaHOOD, announced that the yeas had it.
  Mr. MOAKLEY objected to the vote on the ground that a quorum was not 
present and not voting.

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  A quorum not being present,
  The roll was called under clause 4, rule XV, and the call was taken by 
electronic device.

Yeas

231

When there appeared

Nays

194
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