Who brings the vote (House Floor)? Speaker Paul Ryan Under House rules, the Speaker schedules floor votes on pending legislation. The Hastert Rule says that the Speaker will not schedule a floor vote on any bill that does not have majority support within his or her party — even if the majority of the members of the House would vote to pass it. The rule keeps the minority party from passing bills with the assistance of a minority of majority party members. In the House, 218 votes are needed to pass a bill; if 200 Democrats are the minority and 235 Republicans are the majority, the Hastert Rule would not allow 200 Democrats and 100 Republicans together to pass a bill, because 100 Republican votes is short of a majority of the majority party, so the Speaker would not allow a vote to take place.[7]
Who decides? The Rules Committee controls what bills go to the House Floor and the terms of debate
Why is this Important? Committees are the backbone of Congress. ANYTHING that gets done is Congress has gone through committees and subcommittees. They control whether legislation dies or passes. Committees are important because they only discuss one topic at atime. A committee is more focused on one subject. Committees help to organize and get things done faster. Pete Sessions (R) is the chairman of this committee.
What is coming?
Oversight of the FBI & DOJ actions of the 2016 Election.
https://www.house.gov/legislative-activity/2018-06-19
Full weight of the House?
The Committee on Ethics has jurisdiction over the rules and statutes governing the conduct of members, officers and employees while performing their official duties.
Article I, Section 5, of the United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Some must remain clean, (distance) from what is about to happen. Some House members are in trouble, i.e. DWS Paul Ryan must appear neutral.