Jim McGovern Pushes To Adjourn Rules Committee To Give GOP Time To Read Big Beautiful Bill

At a House Rules Committee hearing on Tuesday, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) tried to adjourn the committee.

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00:00The American people are watching, they deserve better than this, they deserve certainly better

00:05than this cowardice, better than this cruelty, better than this betrayal.

00:08So I'm asking all of you to have a spine, find your moral compass, vote no on this bill,

00:15and come up with something better. There's still time. Work with us on tax relief for people who

00:20are not making millions and billions of dollars. Let's go back to the drawing board. We can come

00:24up with a bipartisan consensus. And so, Madam Chair, for a million reasons, from process to substance,

00:34and quite frankly to give Republican members a chance to read their own bill, I move that the

00:39committee do now adjourn. I thank the gentlemen. The question is on the motion to adjourn.

00:48All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say no. No. In the opinion of the chair,

00:55the no's have it. I ask for a roll call, Madam Chair. The gentleman asks for a roll call. The

01:00clerk will report, will call the roll. Mrs. Fischbach. No. Mrs. Fischbach, no. Mr. Norman. No. Mr.

01:07Norman, no. Mr. Roy. No. Mr. Roy, no. Mrs. Houchen. No. Mrs. Houchen, no. Mr. Langworthy. No. Mr.

01:13Mr. Langworthy, no. Mr. Scott. No. Mr. Scott, no. Mr. Griffith. No. Mr. Griffith, no. Mr. Jack. No.

01:19Mr. Jack, no. Mr. McGovern. Aye. Mr. McGovern, aye. Ms. Scanlon. Aye. Ms. Scanlon, aye. Mr. Neguse.

01:25Aye. Mr. Neguse, aye. Ms. Fledger-Fernandez. Aye. Ms. Fledger-Fernandez, aye. Madam Chair. No. Madam Chair, no.

01:34The clerk will report the total. Four yays, nine nays. The no's have it. The motion to adjourn is not agreed to.