House adopts the rules for debating the PERMIT Act
On Agreeing to the Resolution
DEC 10, 2025 · 3:24 PM ET
Party-line vote, except 1 Republican who crossed. 1 vote to spare over the 214 needed.
This set the rules for debate. It was not a vote on the bill itself.
WHAT IS A RULE →What the House was voting on
The House voted on H.Res. 936, the rule for debating six bills. It sets debate and amendment procedures for those bills and allows the Speaker to dispense with some House business. The rule passed by 1 vote over the 214 needed.
Adopt H.Res. 936, the rule setting debate and amendment procedures for six bills.
Reject H.Res. 936’s debate rules for the six bills.
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, 489 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.
Party line, with 1 Republican crossing1 Republican crossed. It passed.
Every vote on H.R. 3898, in both chambersEvery vote on H.R. 3898
- JUL 2Reported by Transportation and InfrastructureREPORTED34–30
- DEC 10#317Previous question on the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO216–210
- DEC 10#318THIS VOTEOn the rule (H.Res. 936)AGREED TO215–2111 vote to spare over the 214 needed.
- DEC 11#329Motion to recommitFAILED210–216
- DEC 11#330On passagePASSED221–2056 Democrats voted yes
