Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting "present" on any question on which a record vote is taken.

Bill: 116-hres-736
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3]
Introduced: 2019-12-03
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committees

House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Members of Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2019-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stand For Something Resolution</b></p> <p>This resolution requires Members of the House of Representatives to vote only in the affirmative or the negative and not &quot;present&quot; on any question on which a recorded vote is taken in the House, including in committees or in the Committee of the Whole on the State of the Union.</p>

tv_txt: IV 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 736 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2019 Mr. Higgins of Louisiana submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules RESOLUTION Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit Members from voting present on any question on which a record vote is taken.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Stand For Something Resolution . 2. Prohibiting Members from voting present on questions on which a record vote is taken Rule XX of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: Requiring voting in affirmative or negative 12. On any question on which a record vote is taken in the House, including the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union, or in any committee of the House, a Member may vote only in the affirmative or the negative and may not vote present . .