House · Roll call 117 · May 6, 2025

On Ordering the Previous Question

A procedural vote to cut off debate and amendments. It sounds neutral; in practice it's a vote about who controls what happens next.

H.Res. 377 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 276) to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the ‘‘Gulf of America”, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 881) to establish Department of Homeland Security funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have a relationship with Confucius Institutes, and for other purposes.