Scope: Federal
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: April 8, 2025
H. Res. 164, a special rule providing for consideration of H. Res. 23 permitting parental remote voting by proxy, was laid on the table pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294. The underlying proxy-voting resolution therefore did not proceed to floor consideration under this rule.
Constitutional basis: House exercising its Article I, Section 5 authority to determine its own rules; tabling a special rule is routine chamber procedure.