Thursday, October 31, 2019

House Floor Debate On Impeachment Inquiry Rules & Documents



H. Res. 660 - Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes.









HEARING INFORMATION

Meeting Information

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 - 3:00pm H-313, the Capitol View Announcement »








VIDEO









BILL TEXT

    Text of H. Res. 660 PDF XML
    (as introduced)
    Impeachment Inquiry Procedures in the Committee on the Judiciary Pursuant to H. Res. 660 PDF
    (as submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by Chairman McGovern)
    Fact Sheet: Key Provisions in the Resolution PDF
    Text of H. Res. 661 PDF XML
    (as introduced)







HEARING DOCUMENTS









COMMITTEE VOTES

Rules Committee Record Vote No. 186
Amendment (no. 1) offered by Mr. Woodall to strike all except Section 4. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 187
Amendment (no. 2) offered by Mr. Burgess to strike the Committees on Financial Services and Ways and Means from Section 1. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 188
Amendment (no. 3) offered by Mr. Burgess to add language requiring the Committees on Financial Services and Ways and Means to produce and make available to all members documents detailing the nature and scope of their investigations. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 189
Amendment (no. 4) offered by Mr. Woodall to apply language requiring the chair of the Committee on Rules to promulgate additional procedures to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel in proceedings in the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.  Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 190
Amendment (no. 5) offered by Mr. Cole to add language permitting the chair and ranking minority member to yield their time to other members on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence during the extended questioning time. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 191
Amendment (no. 6) offered by Mrs. Lesko to allow the minority to call at least an equal number of witnesses and to authorize the ranking minority member to require as deemed necessary, by subpoena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of any person and the production of records and other materials. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 192
Amendment (no. 7) offered by Mr. Cole to strike the section requiring written justification from the ranking minority member of the relevance of the testimony of each requested witness to the investigation. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 193
Amendment (no. 8) offered by Mr. Cole to require the chair to provide the ranking minority member written justification of the relevance of the testimony of each witness whose testimony is requested or required. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 194
Amendment (no. 9) offered by Mr. Woodall to add language that provides the ranking minority members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on the Judiciary with the authority to issue the same number of subpoenas as their respective chairs.  Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 195
Amendment (no. 10) offered by Mr. Cole to allow the ranking minority member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence the ability to issue subpoenas without the concurrence of the chair. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 196
Amendment (no. 11) offered by Mr. Cole to require the chair to have the concurrence of the ranking minority member to issue subpoenas and, if the ranking minority member does not concur, the chair may put the question before the full committee. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 197
Amendment (no. 12) offered by Mrs. Lesko to require the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and any other committee having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry to transfer all such records or materials including exculpatory materials to the Committee on the Judiciary.  Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 198
Amendment (no. 13) offered by Mrs. Lesko to allow the ranking members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and any other committees having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry to also transfer records and materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 199
Amendment (no. 14) offered by Mrs. Lesko to require the concurrence of the relevant ranking minority member in order to transfer records and other materials to the Committee on the Judiciary. If the ranking minority member does not concur, the chair shall have the right to refer to the committee for a decision.  Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 200
Amendment (no. 16) offered by Mr. Burgess to define “employee” as “other than a consultant whose services are procured in accordance with section 202(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4301(i))”. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 201
Amendment (no. 17) offered by Mr. Woodall to ensure the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence holds more than one open hearing.  Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea
















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 202
Amendment (no. 18) offered by Mr. Burgess to state that nothing in this resolution may be construed to limit the right of each Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to have access to committee records pursuant to clause 2(e)(2) of rule XI. Defeated: 4–9
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Nay
Mrs. Torres
Nay
Mr. Perlmutter
Nay
Mr. Raskin
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Morelle
Nay
Ms. Shalala
Nay
Mr. DeSaulnier
Nay
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Yea
Mr. Woodall
Yea
Mr. Burgess
Yea
Mrs. Lesko
Yea



















Rules Committee Record Vote No. 203
Motion to order H. Res. 660 reported favorably to the House.  Agreed to: 9–4
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Hastings
Yea
Mrs. Torres
Yea
Mr. Perlmutter
Yea
Mr. Raskin
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Morelle
Yea
Ms. Shalala
Yea
Mr. DeSaulnier
Yea
Mr. McGovern, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. Cole
Nay
Mr. Woodall
Nay
Mr. Burgess
Nay
Mrs. Lesko
Nay






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