IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1194 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 18, 2010 
Mr. CANTOR submitted the following resolution; which was laid on the table 
RESOLUTION 
Raising a question of the privileges of the House. 
Whereas at least three members of the House Democratic 
Leadership have endorsed a procedural tactic for the sole 
purpose of avoiding an up-or-down vote, by the yeas and 
nays, on the Senate-passed health care bill; 
Whereas, on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, Representative James 
Clyburn, the House majority whip, stated, ‘‘We will deem 
passed the Senate bill . . .’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, The Washington Post re-
ported, ‘‘After laying the groundwork for a decisive vote 
this week on the Senate’s health-care bill, House Speaker 
Nancy Pelosi suggested Monday that she might attempt 
to pass the measure without having members vote on it. 
Instead, Pelosi (D–Calif.) would rely on a procedural 
sleight of hand . . .’’; 
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Whereas in the same Washington Post article, the Speaker 
declared, ‘‘. . . I like it because people don’t have to vote 
on the Senate bill.’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, McClatchy Newspapers re-
ported Representative John Larson, chairman of the 
House Democratic Caucus, stated, ‘‘Many of our mem-
bers would prefer not to have voted for the Senate bill.’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 9, U.S. News and World Report 
reported, ‘‘Pelosi gaffed, telling the local elected officials 
assembled ‘that Congress [has] to pass the bill so you 
can find out what’s in it, away from the fog of con-
troversy.’ ’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, The Washington Post edito-
rialized, ‘‘. . . what is intended as a final sprint threat-
ens to turn into something unseemly and, more impor-
tant, contrary to Democrats’ promises of transparency 
and time for deliberation. . . . [I]t strikes us as a dodgy 
way to reform the health-care system. Democrats who 
vote for the package will be tagged with supporting the 
Senate bill in any event.’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, the Cincinnati Enquirer edi-
torialized, ‘‘This disgusting process, which Democrats 
brazenly wish to bring to conclusion this week, is being 
done with little regard for the opinions of a clear major-
ity of Americans who, while they may believe health care 
reform is necessary, think this particular approach will 
take our nation down the wrong economic path.’’; 
Whereas bipartisan members of the House and Senate have 
expressed their opposition to using the Slaughter Solu-
tion; 
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Whereas on Wednesday, March 10, Representative Joe Don-
nelly released the following statement, ‘‘The process over 
the past few months has been frustrating, including the 
cutting of unacceptable special deals to assure a few sen-
ators’ votes.’’; 
Whereas Representative Jason Altmire of Pennsylvania has 
characterized the exploitation of the Slaughter Solution 
by Democratic Leadership as ‘‘wrong’’ and unpopular 
among his constituents; 
Whereas on Friday, March 12, POLITICO reported on a 
memo sent from Representative Chris Van Hollen, chair-
man of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Com-
mittee, to freshman and sophomore House Democrats 
that stated, ‘‘At this point, we have to just rip the band- 
aid off . . . Things like reconciliation and what the rules 
committee does is INSIDE BASEBALL.’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, Roll Call reported, ‘‘Hoyer 
argued that the American public isn’t interested in the 
process lawmakers use for approving reforms . . .’’; 
Whereas on Tuesday, March 16, Representative James Cly-
burn told Fox News, ‘‘Controversy doesn’t bother me at 
all.’’; 
Whereas the Democratic leadership of the House has con-
ducted a calculated and coordinated attempt to willfully 
deceive the American people by embracing the ‘‘Slaughter 
Solution’’; 
Whereas resorting to the ‘‘Slaughter Solution’’ in this cir-
cumstance, is being done to intentionally hide from the 
American people a future vote that Members of Congress 
may take on the Senate-passed health care legislation; 
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Whereas the deceptive behavior demonstrated by the Demo-
cratic Leadership has brought discredit upon the House 
of Representatives; and 
Whereas the Democratic leadership has willfully abused its 
power to chart a legislative course for the Senate health 
care bill that is deliberately calculated to obfuscate what 
the House will vote on, in an illegitimate effort to confuse 
the public and thereby fraudulently insulate certain Rep-
resentatives from accountability for their conduct of their 
offices: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House disapproves of the 
malfeasant manner in which the Democratic Leadership 
has thereby discharged the duties of their offices. 
Æ 
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