House resolution · 111th Congress · Did not become law
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any conference committee or other meetings held to determine the content of national health care legislation be conducted in public under the watchful eye of the people of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep. Vern Buchanan R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 20, 2009
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2010 — Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Buchanan. Petition No: 111-9. (<a href="http://clerk.house.gov/111/lrc/pd/Petitions/Dis9.htm">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.Res. 847.
- Congress.gov noteOn 1/13/2010, a motion was filed to discharge the Committee on Rules from the consideration of H.Res.847. A discharge petition requires 218 signatures for further action. (Discharge Petition No. 111-9: text with signatures.)Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- notes
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.Res. 847, 111th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hres/847
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 7, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 26, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
6d968c5890dd70dc3864937ae4526d52d8db2017a090479e974a4b8654b4b3c5
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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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
172 cosponsors — 168 Republicans, 4 Democrats
4 of 172 cosponsors (2%) are from the other party.
Robert Aderholt (R-AL), Rodney Alexander (R-LA), Steve Austria (R-OH), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), J. Barrett (R-SC), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Joe Barton (R-TX), Judy Biggert (R-IL), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Rob Bishop (R-UT), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boehner (R-OH), Jo Bonner (R-AL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), John Boozman (R-AR), Charles Boustany (R-LA), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Paul Broun (R-GA), Henry Brown (R-SC), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Michael Burgess (R-TX), Dan Burton (R-IN), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), John Campbell (R-CA), Eric Cantor (R-VA) and 142 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan.
- H.R. 1839 (111th) To amend the Small Business Act to improve SCORE, and for other purposes.
- H.R. 4463 (111th) Military Tribunals for Terrorists Act of 2010
- H.Con.Res. 114 (111th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to honor our Nation's disabled veterans.
- H.R. 4960 (111th) To eliminate sweetheart deals under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
- H.R. 5572 (111th) Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010
- H.J.Res. 43 (111th) Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor’s state and district
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.