Bill Details
HCONRES.6 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-01-28 - Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Introduced Date
2025-01-28
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Congress
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This resolution would make it so debate in both the House and the Senate can be ended by a simple majority vote, as long as enough members are present. In plain language, it would stop either chamber from requiring more than a majority to close debate on a question and move forward. It also says this change would count as part of each chamber’s own rules, and each chamber would still keep its right to change its rules later.
- It applies to both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- It says no rule may require more than a majority of members voting, with a quorum present, to end debate on any question.
- It treats this as a rules change for Congress, but it does not remove the ability of either chamber to revise its rules in the future.
Official Summaries
Majority Rule Resolution
This concurrent resolution provides that the House of Representatives and the Senate may not require more than a simple majority of those voting, a quorum being present, in order to bring debate to a close in such chamber.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 6 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. CON. RES. 6
Providing for certain procedures for bringing debate to a close on any
question in the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 28, 2025
Ms. Williams of Georgia submitted the following concurrent resolution;
which was referred to the Committee on Rules
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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for certain procedures for bringing debate to a close on any
question in the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other
purposes.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring),
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This resolution may be cited as the ``Majority Rule Resolution''.
SEC. 2. PROCEDURES FOR CONSIDERATION OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any provision of the Rules of the
House of Representatives or the Standing Rules of the Senate, the House
of Representatives and the Senate may not require that more than a
majority of the Members of either House of Congress voting, a quorum
being present, is required to bring debate to a close on any question
in such House.
(b) Rules of House of Representatives and Senate.--This section is
enacted by Congress--
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate
and House of Representatives, respectively, and as such is
deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively, but
applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in
that House in the case of the bill or joint resolution
involved, and supersede other rules only to the extent that it
is inconsistent with such rules; and
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of
either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the
procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and
to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that
House.
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