During the House Republican caucus meeting Thursday, Majority Leader Jeff Alexander, R-Provo, called the situation a "fiasco" and said the full House could reject a minority report.

The House voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow three Democrats to link a brief minority report to House Joint Resolution 1, which asks Congress to examine the tax status of federally chartered credit unions. Legislative staff could not find another instance where a minority report had been used to highlight a dissenting view.

One day later, Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley City, said: "We voted on something we did not understand."

He wanted the House to reconsider its decision, but the full body disagreed, deciding the report was already part of the public record.

However, Republicans still believe Democrats erred because the report makes a commentary on the work of the Financial Institutions Task Force, which helped draft the resolution, instead of on the resolution itself. The Republican leadership also said the report should have been brought up during a committee hearing, allowing the majority to issue a rebuttal.

Now the Rules Committee is in the process of drafting new guidelines. Rep. David Ure, R-Kamas is taking the lead and promised to talk about the issue with Democratic leadership.

Rep. Neil Hansen, D-Ogden, equates the minority report to dissenting views issued with Supreme Court rulings.

"It gives the minority positions an opportunity to be heard on the Hill," said Hansen, who added he doubts the full House would get rid of minority reports altogether.