House · Roll call 299 · 2nd session · June 14, 2016 A vote to order the previous question on H.Res. 778, a rule providing for House consideration of H.R. 5053 and H.R. 5293.

How each party voted

Party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.

About this vote

Ordering the previous question is a procedural vote that ends debate on the resolution and brings it to a vote, and a Yes vote supports doing so. H.R. 5053 is the Preventing IRS Abuse and Protecting Free Speech Act, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring that the identity of contributors to 501(c) organizations be included in annual returns, and H.R. 5293 is a bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, and for other purposes.

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Sets forth the rule for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5053) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the Secretary of the Treasury from requiring that the identity of contributors to 501(c) organizations be included in annual returns; and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R.