It was something related to the grounds for the Republican motion to recommit. I don’t know what it is, but it’s likely something the Republicans wanted to get on record to embarrass the Dems, so they can say in a campaign commercial: “The Democrats even voted against...[whatever it is].”
Maybe it’s valuable politically, because the Dems freaked.
I see now. They surprised them with a motion to recommit WITH INSTRUCTIONS. I wasn’t paying attention for a moment and didn’t know what was going on, just suddenly people are shouting.
Here’s the Republican Motion to recommit:
http://repcloakroom.house.gov/UploadedFiles/HR_3962_MTR.pdf