HRES 847 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.

Introduced Oct 20, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Vern Buchanan R-FL

Latest action · Jan 13, 2010 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Buchanan. Petition No: 111-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis9.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

IntroducedOct 20, 2009
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that any meetings held to determine the final content of sweeping health care legislation be held in public view and not behind closed doors.

Cosponsors 172

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 20, 2009 to Feb 2, 2010; 53 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-PA	Bill Shuster	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-FL	C. W. Bill Young	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-NY	Christopher J. Lee	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-FL	Connie Mack	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-MI	Dave Camp	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	David Dreier	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CO	Doug Lamborn	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	Jean Schmidt	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	John A. Boehner	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	Kevin McCarthy	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-NE	Lee Terry	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-FL	Mario Diaz-Balart	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-GA	Phil Gingrey	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-CA	Wally Herger	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Oct 20, 2009
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Bill Posey		Oct 21, 2009
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Oct 21, 2009
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Oct 21, 2009
R-KY	Brett Guthrie		Oct 21, 2009
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Oct 21, 2009
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Oct 21, 2009
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Oct 21, 2009
R-PA	Charles W. Dent		Oct 21, 2009
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Oct 21, 2009
R-NV	Dean Heller		Oct 21, 2009
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Oct 21, 2009
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Oct 21, 2009
R-MN	Erik Paulsen		Oct 21, 2009
R-MI	Fred Upton		Oct 21, 2009
D-MS	Gene Taylor		Oct 21, 2009
R-MS	Gregg Harper		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Oct 21, 2009
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Oct 21, 2009
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Oct 21, 2009
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Oct 21, 2009
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Oct 21, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Oct 21, 2009
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Oct 21, 2009
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Oct 21, 2009
R-LA	John Fleming		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	Mac Thornberry		Oct 21, 2009
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Oct 21, 2009
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Oct 21, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Oct 21, 2009
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Oct 21, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Oct 21, 2009
R-UT	Rob Bishop		Oct 21, 2009
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Oct 21, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Oct 21, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Oct 21, 2009
R-MO	Sam Graves		Oct 21, 2009
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Oct 21, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria		Oct 21, 2009
R-IA	Steve King		Oct 21, 2009
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Oct 21, 2009
R-FL	Thomas J. Rooney		Oct 21, 2009
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Oct 21, 2009
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Oct 21, 2009
R-MI	Vernon J. Ehlers		Oct 21, 2009
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Oct 21, 2009
R-LA	Bill Cassidy		Oct 22, 2009
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Oct 22, 2009
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Oct 22, 2009
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Oct 26, 2009
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Oct 26, 2009
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Oct 26, 2009
R-FL	John L. Mica		Oct 26, 2009
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Oct 26, 2009
R-TX	Kay Granger		Oct 26, 2009
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Oct 26, 2009
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Oct 26, 2009
R-IN	Mike Pence		Oct 26, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao		Oct 27, 2009
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Oct 27, 2009
R-OR	Greg Walden		Oct 27, 2009
R-TX	John R. Carter		Oct 27, 2009
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Oct 27, 2009
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Oct 27, 2009
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Oct 27, 2009
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Oct 28, 2009
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Oct 28, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Oct 28, 2009
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Oct 28, 2009
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Oct 28, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Oct 28, 2009
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Oct 28, 2009
R-TX	Pete Olson		Oct 28, 2009
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Oct 28, 2009
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Oct 29, 2009
R-MN	John Kline		Oct 29, 2009
R-OK	John Sullivan		Oct 29, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Oct 29, 2009
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Oct 29, 2009
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Oct 29, 2009
R-AK	Don Young		Nov 2, 2009
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Nov 2, 2009
R-TX	Joe Barton		Nov 2, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Nov 4, 2009
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Nov 4, 2009
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Nov 4, 2009
R-IL	John Shimkus		Nov 4, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe		Nov 4, 2009
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Nov 5, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Nov 19, 2009
R-DE	Michael N. Castle		Dec 1, 2009
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jan 12, 2010
R-CA	George Radanovich		Jan 12, 2010
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Jan 12, 2010
R-GA	John Linder		Jan 12, 2010
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Jan 12, 2010
R-AL	Parker Griffith		Jan 12, 2010
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jan 12, 2010
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jan 12, 2010
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jan 13, 2010
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jan 13, 2010
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jan 13, 2010
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jan 13, 2010
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Jan 19, 2010
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Jan 19, 2010
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jan 20, 2010
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Jan 20, 2010
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Jan 20, 2010
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jan 20, 2010
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Jan 20, 2010
R-GA	Tom Price		Jan 21, 2010
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Feb 2, 2010

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Rules Committee	Referred Oct 20, 2009

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 13, 2010Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Buchanan. Petition No: 111-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis9.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Oct 21, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11521-11522)
Oct 20, 2009Introduced in House
Oct 20, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In the Congressional Record 7

Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Discharge petition H606	—	Feb 5, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H490	Virginia Foxx R-NC	Feb 3, 2010
House	Discharge petition H332	—	Jan 22, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H208–H210	James P. McGovern D-MA, Lincoln Diaz-Balart R-FL, Vern Buchanan R-FL	Jan 20, 2010
House	Discharge petition H146	—	Jan 15, 2010

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Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Oct 20, 2009Introduced in House

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