Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 6039) to advance commonsense priorities.

Key Points

• This is a procedural resolution that sets the ground rules for how the House of Representatives will debate and vote on a specific bill called the Commonsense Priorities bill.
• The rule limits the total debate time to one hour, which is split equally between the leaders of the two main political parties so both sides have a chance to speak.
• It allows the lead member of the minority party to suggest one major change, or amendment, to the bill before the final vote is taken.
• By passing this resolution, the House agrees to skip certain technical hurdles and legal objections to ensure the vote on the main bill can happen quickly.

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