House ends debate on the rule for the PERMIT Act
On Ordering the Previous Question
DEC 10, 2025 · 2:03 PM ET
A party-line vote. 2 votes to spare over the 214 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 whether to end debate on H.Res. 936, the rule for debating six bills, and vote on it. The resolution sets debate and amendment procedures for those bills and lets the Speaker dispense with some House business during a specified period. The motion passed by 2 votes, clearing the 214-vote threshold.
End debate on H.Res. 936, the rule for debating six bills, and vote on it now.
Keep debate open on H.Res. 936 so a change to the rule can be offered.
Narrows Clean Water Act coverage and changes water-quality standards, discharge permits, state permitting, and legal review.
Passed the House 221–205 on Dec. 11, 2025. Now waiting in the Senate, 488 days after it was introduced.
- TIES
- A tie fails in the House: a majority means more yeas than nays.
214 is a majority of the 426 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. 3898, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 3898
- JUL 2Reported by Transportation and InfrastructureREPORTED34–30
- DEC 10#317THIS VOTEPrevious question on the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO216–2102 votes to spare over the 214 needed.
- DEC 10#318On the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO215–211
- DEC 11#329Motion to recommitFAILED210–216
- DEC 11#330On passagePASSED221–2056 Democrats voted yes
