Search Results: keywords:"balance of power"

  • S. CON. RES. 28 — Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the authority of the President to use appropriate and necessary force to liberate United States citizens being held by Hamas.
    Status:Introduced in Senate
    Words:223

    S. CON. RES. 28 expresses the view of Congress that the President of the United States has the authority to use military force to free U.S. citizens held hostage by Hamas. The resolution refers to a series of violent attacks Hamas carried out against Israel on October 7,...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill says that Congress thinks the President can use the military to try to rescue Americans who are being kept by Hamas, a group that took them during a fight. It doesn't explain exactly how the President can use the force or talk about trying to solve the problem peacefully first.

  • H. R. 1121 — An Act To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
    Status:Referred in Senate
    Words:192

    H. R. 1121, titled the "Protecting American Energy Production Act," seeks to ensure that the regulation of hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) for oil and natural gas production is primarily managed by individual states, particularly on state and private lands. The...

    Simple Explanation

    Imagine there's a rule that says only states can decide when to stop a special way of getting oil and gas from deep underground called "fracking," and the President can't stop it all over the country unless Congress, which makes big laws, says it's okay. This means each state can choose what it wants to do with its own land and oil.

  • H. R. 115 — An Act To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for en bloc consideration in resolutions of disapproval for midnight rules, and for other purposes.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:404

    H.R. 115, known as the "Midnight Rules Relief Act," aims to change how Congress can disapprove new rules made by federal agencies at the end of a President's term, commonly known as “midnight rules.” The bill would allow multiple rules to be disapproved in one vote, rather...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 115 is a bill that lets Congress say "no" to a bunch of new rules made at the end of a President's time in office all at once, instead of one-by-one. This makes it easier and faster for them to stop these last-minute changes.

  • H. J. RES. 8 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide certain line item veto authority to the President.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:334

    H. J. RES. 8 proposes an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow the President to have certain line item veto authority. This means the President could choose to reduce specific appropriations in a bill or joint resolution, making it law with those reductions. If...

    Simple Explanation

    The bill suggests changing the rules so that the President can pick and choose parts of a money plan from Congress to cross out, like selectively erasing some items from a shopping list, but if enough Congress members disagree, they can put those items back.

  • H. R. 1121 — An Act To prohibit a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:190

    H. R. 1121, known as the “Protecting American Energy Production Act,” aims to prevent the President from declaring a ban on hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, unless Congress authorizes it. The bill emphasizes that states should have the primary authority to...

    Simple Explanation

    H. R. 1121 is a bill that says the President can't stop a way to get energy called fracking unless Congress says it's okay, and it wants each state to make its own rules about fracking on its land.