[House Report 116-355] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 116th Congress } { Report HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1st Session } { 116-355 ====================================================================== PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION (H. RES. 755) IMPEACHING DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS _______ December 17, 2019.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed _______ Mr. McGovern, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following R E P O R T [To accompany H. Res. 767] The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration House Resolution 767, by a record vote of 9 to 4, report the same to the House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE RESOLUTION The resolution provides for consideration of H. Res. 755, Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors, under a closed rule. The resolution provides that immediately upon adoption of this resolution, without intervention of any point of order, the House shall proceed to the consideration of H. Res. 755. The resolution provides six hours of debate on the resolution equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the resolution shall be considered as adopted. The resolution provides that the question of adoption of H. Res. 755, as amended, shall be divided between the two articles. The resolution provides that during consideration of H. Res. 755, only the following persons shall be admitted to the Hall of the House or rooms leading thereto: (a) Members of Congress. (b) The Delegates and the Resident Commissioner. (c) The President and Vice President of the United States. (d) Other persons as designated by the Speaker. Section 3 of the resolution provides, after adoption of H. Res. 755, for consideration of a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump, President of the United States, under a closed rule, if offered by the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee. The resolution provides 10 minutes of debate on the resolution specified in section 3 equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. The resolution shall be in order at any time if called up by the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary or his designee. The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of the resolution specified in section 3. The resolution provides that no other resolution incidental to impeachment relating to H. Res. 755 shall be privileged during the remainder of the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress. The resolution provides that the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary may insert in the Congressional Record such material as he may deem explanatory of H. Res. 755 and the resolution specified in section 3 of the resolution, not later than the date that is 5 legislative days after adoption of each respective resolution. EXPLANATION OF WAIVERS Although the resolution waives all points of order against consideration of H. Res. 755, the Committee is not aware of any points of order. The waiver is prophylactic in nature. COMMITTEE VOTES The results of each record vote on an amendment or motion to report, together with the names of those voting for and against, are printed below: Rules Committee record vote No. 219 Motion by Mr. Cole to provide twelve hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary. Defeated: 4- 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hastings.................................... Nay Mr. Cole.......................... Yea Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 220 Motion by Mr. Woodall to amend section 1 to waive all points of order against provisions in the resolution except for those in violation of clause 2(g)(6)(B) of House rule XI. Defeated: 4-9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hastings.................................... Nay Mr. Cole.......................... Yea Mrs. Torres..................................... Nay Mr. Woodall....................... Yea Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Nay Mr. Burgess....................... Yea Mr. Raskin...................................... Nay Mrs. Lesko........................ Yea Ms. Scanlon..................................... Nay Mr. Morelle..................................... Nay Ms. Shalala..................................... Nay Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Nay Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Nay ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rules Committee record vote No. 221 Motion by Ms. Scanlon to report the rule. Adopted: 9-4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Majority Members Vote Minority Members Vote ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hastings.................................... Yea Mr. Cole.......................... Nay Mrs. Torres..................................... Yea Mr. Woodall....................... Nay Mr. Perlmutter.................................. Yea Mr. Burgess....................... Nay Mr. Raskin...................................... Yea Mrs. Lesko........................ Nay Ms. Scanlon..................................... Yea Mr. Morelle..................................... Yea Ms. Shalala..................................... Yea Mr. DeSaulnier.................................. Yea Mr. McGovern, Chairman.......................... Yea ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [all]