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House resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to ensure that Members, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner have a reasonable amount of time to read legislation that will be voted upon, and for other purposes.

H.Res. 689Introduced Jul 29, 2009Policy area: Congress
Sponsor: Rep. Bill Posey R-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 29, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

36 cosponsors — 36 Republicans

0 of 36 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Mike Coffman (R-CO), Mary Fallin (R-OK), John Fleming (R-LA), Sam Graves (R-MO), Wally Herger (R-CA), Bob Inglis (R-SC), John Kline (R-MN), Doug Lamborn (R-CO), Tom Latham (R-IA), Robert Latta (R-OH), John Linder (R-GA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Michael McCaul (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Joseph Pitts (R-PA), Adam Putnam (R-FL), Thomas Rooney (R-FL) and 6 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bill Posey.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-15 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.