Majority Rule Resolution

Bill: 119-hconres-6
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced: 2025-01-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House of Representatives

Legislative rules and procedure

Senate
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-28
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Majority Rule Resolution</strong></p><p>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.</p>

tv_txt: IV 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. CON. RES. 6 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 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.

1. Short title This resolution may be cited as the Majority Rule Resolution . 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.