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Virginia Foxx: By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 738 and ask for its immediate consideration. The…

On the recordJuly 24, 2012
By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 738 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 738 Resolved, That at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4078) to provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 6.0 percent. 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 shall not exceed two hours equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule.…
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Virginia Foxx
Republican · North Carolina
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Jul 24, 2012

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