House ends debate on the rule for the SCORE Act
On Ordering the Previous Question
DEC 2, 2025 · 2:00 PM ET
A party-line vote. 2 votes to spare over the 208 needed.
This ended debate on the rule and blocked changes to it. It was not a vote on the bill itself.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION →This ended debate on the rule and blocked changes to it. It was not a vote on the bill itself.
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION →What the House was voting on
The House voted on whether to end debate on H.Res. 916, the rule for debating six bills. The resolution sets debate and amendment procedures for those bills; the motion passed by 2 votes over the 208 needed.
End debate on H.Res. 916, the rule for debating six bills, and vote on it now.
Keep debating the rule so a change to it can be offered.
Creates federal rules for college athletes’ endorsement rights, school benefits, and athletic-association authority.
Reported by committee on July 23, 2025. Waiting for a House floor vote, 460 days after it was introduced.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
208 is a majority of the 415 members voting yes or no. Members voting “present” or absent don’t count.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
A straight party-line voteStraight party line.
Every vote on H.R. 4312, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 4312
- SEP 11Reported by Energy and CommerceREPORTED30–23
- SEP 11Reported by Education and WorkforceREPORTED30–23
- DEC 2#308THIS VOTEPrevious question on the rule (H.Res. 916)AGREED TO210–2052 votes to spare over the 208 needed.
- DEC 2#309On the rule (H.Res. 916)AGREED TO210–209
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