H.Res. 788Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.

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Sponsor: Rob Bishop [R-UT-01]
Policy area: Congress
Committee: Rules Committee
Latest action: Sep 20, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedSep 19, 2012
Passed the HouseSep 20, 2012

What the measure doesCRS summary

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 118) providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3409) to limit the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to issue regulations before December 31, 2013, under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977; and providing for proceedings during the period from September 22, 2012, through November 12, 2012.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 788 as introduced in House on Sep 19, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Sep 20, 2012Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveSep 20, 2012

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House Sep 20, 2012 · the primary vote

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Providing for consideration of (H.J.Res. 118) and (H.R. 3409)

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238 Yea 179 Nay 12 not voting

Party-line vote 7 of 417 voting members broke with their own party: 7 Democrats.

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Democratic190 members

Republican239 members

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