Jim McGovern's Motion to Adjourn House Rules Committee Fails

Motion to Adjourn

• 💡 Rep. Jim McGovern moved to adjourn the House Rules Committee hearing.
• 🎯 The stated reasons included concerns about the bill's process and substance, and to give Republican members time to read their own bill.
• 🗣️ McGovern urged members to vote no on the bill and to work on bipartisan tax relief.

Committee Vote

• 🗳️ The motion to adjourn was put to a vote, with members responding "I" for "aye" and "no" for "nay."
• 📊 The clerk reported the results: four "yays" and nine "nays."
• ❌ Consequently, the motion to adjourn was not agreed to by the committee.

Underlying Bill Concerns

• ⚠️ McGovern expressed that the American people deserve better than "cowardice, cruelty, and betrayal."
• 🤝 He suggested going back to the drawing board to find a bipartisan consensus on tax relief for those not making millions or billions.