Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 9) to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Latest action. Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 890, H. Res. 878 is laid on the table.
Sets forth the rule for consideration of H.R. 9 (Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006).
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House without amendment" stage on June 20, 2006. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 890, H. Res. 878 is laid on the table.
Civibrief does not map this action to a stage in the process. See the official record.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
The latest action on file does not map to a stage Civibrief recognizes, so the page will not name one. The record's own words are the reliable fact here.
The record's latest action, on June 27, 2006: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 890, H. Res. 878 is laid on the table.
What is a simple resolution, exactly?
A simple resolution concerns one chamber only, such as its own rules or an expression of its opinion. The other chamber and the President play no part, and it does not carry the force of law.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART (R-FL) introduced it on June 20, 2006. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 20, 2006, 7387 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 7380 days ago, on June 27, 2006.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 109th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2007 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
That deadline applies to this measure too, even though it was never headed for the President's desk.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HousePursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 890, H. Res. 878 is laid on the table.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action