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British Prime Minister David Cameron announced he would resign in October 2016 following a referendum in which British voters approved an exit from the European Union. He said he respected the will of the voters, and that it was important for new leadership to oversee negotiations with EU leaders over the nation’s exit. Prime Minister Cameron said he would be meeting with his cabinet members and the European Council in the coming days to discuss the transition.

In the fourth of a series of policy releases, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Ways and Means Committee Chair Kevin Brady (R-TX), and members of the tax-writing committee unveiled their party’s proposal to reform the tax code. Representative Brady said the new tax proposal works for all taxpayers and includes cuts and simplification.

Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump made remarks and answered questions from reporters at a ribbon-cutting for the re-opening of the Trump Turnberry Resort, a golf club he purchased and renovated in Scotland. His appearance came the morning after British voters approved a referendum demanding the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union, a result Mr. Trump said he supports. Most of the questions from reporters focused on the ongoing U.S. presidential election, but many questions focused on the U.K. referendum and its worldwide implications.

The House convened for a pro forma session. The clerk read the resignation announcement of Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA) with immediate effect. The whole number of the House was then 434 members.