I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 226, noes 191, not voting 14, as follows: [Roll No. 71] AYES--226…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on ordering the previous question will be followed by 5-minute votes on adoption…

It is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts, a colleague on the Rules Committee, Mr. McGovern. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the ongoing problem with this Republican majority is their insistence on partisan political…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. If we have additional time later, I will yield to the gentleman from Georgia. Again, there was one objection, one objection in this entire body, to what I believe would be the overwhelming will of this body, which…

I thank the Speaker, and I understand that it sounds like sitting here in the Chamber one Member objected to a division of the question. I would like to point out that over 400 Members did not object to the division of the question. I will…

Having heard from the Chair that a motion can be made by any Member to divide the question, I would like to ask unanimous consent to demand a division of the question on today's bill before us. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection…

Further parliamentary inquiry. Does the rule being considered today prohibit a Member from demanding a division of the question? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the content of the pending measure.

Excellent. Well, I hope that no one objects. Again, but for three votes cast in the Rules Committee by a 7-4 vote, and but for one solitary objection out of 435 Members of this House of Representatives, we would have divided the question…

Why are we debating a bill that had to bypass regular order to rush to the floor in February when there's already a moratorium on the increase of pay for Members of Congress, and we should be debating spending, eliminating the deficit, the…

Is the time under my control yieldable? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman controls his time and may yield.

I raise a point of order against H. Res. 66 because the resolution violates section 426(a) of the Congressional Budget Act. The resolution, waiving all points of order, waives section 425 of the Congressional Budget Act, therefore causing…

I raise this point of order not necessarily out of concern for unfunded mandates, although there are likely some in the underlying bill H.R. 273, but rather as well to demonstrate that in many ways this bill and this process has been a…