ALL ABOARD!
The House opened up its amendment process for the first time in seven years on Thursday, and began debating on the floor more than 140 proposed changes to an oil-related bill.
House Republicans brought the Strategic Production Response Act to the floor on Thursday under what’s known as a modified-open rule.
The bill in seeks to limit the president’s ability to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), and would mandate the federal government to draw up a plan that would boost the percentage of federal lands leased for oil and gas production, should it continue withdrawing resources from the SPR….
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said it was the first time in seven years the House had used such a process, and more than 140 amendments were submitted for the bill.
A number of the amendments were passed or rejected by voice vote on Thursday. On some amendments, however, members requested a roll call vote.
The House is expected to continue debating amendments Thursday night, then vote on the entire bill Friday, a longer process than a structured or closed rule.
Conservative lawmakers had pushed for a more open legislative process in the lead up to — and during — this month’s protracted Speaker’s race in an effort to empower rank-and-file members….
Note….
For a Bill to become a ‘Law’?
Both the House AND THE Senate have to approve and the President has to sign it…..