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Search Results: keywords:"congressional elections"

H. RES. 20 — Establishing the Select Committee on Electoral Reform.
January 07, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:976
H. RES. 20 is a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives to establish the Select Committee on Electoral Reform. This committee will consist of 14 members and is tasked with examining the current electoral methods for Congress members and exploring alternatives...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 20 is like setting up a special group of 14 people to come up with new ideas for how we vote for leaders in the House and Senate, like picking different ways to count votes. This group will talk to experts, make a big suggestion list in a year, and then go away 30 days later.
H. R. 7740 — To establish the use of ranked choice voting in elections for Senators and Representatives in Congress, to require each State with more than one Representative to establish multi-member congressional districts, to require States to conduct congressional redistricting according to nonpartisan criteria, and for other purposes.
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March 20, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:11,665
H.R. 7740, also known as the "Fair Representation Act," aims to reform how congressional elections are conducted in the United States. It introduces ranked choice voting for elections of Senators and Representatives, requiring voters to rank candidates in order of preference....
Simple Explanation
The Fair Representation Act is like changing the rules of a game so it's fairer; instead of picking just one favorite, people can rank players they like most during elections, and in places with lots of players, they make teams to play together. This new way needs some money to start, and while it might be a bit tricky at first, it helps make sure everyone’s vote counts better and teams are made more fairly.
H. R. 8572 — To direct the Federal Election Commission to establish a program under which participating States shall provide individuals with vouchers which may be used to make contributions to candidates for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish a program to provide small dollar financing for candidates for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, and for other purposes.
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May 24, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:14,261
The bill, identified as H.R. 8572, proposes a new program where the Federal Election Commission would distribute vouchers to individuals to fund candidates running for Congress. It aims to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to promote small-dollar financing of...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to give people some special "money tickets" to help their favorite people running for Congress pay for things. It also hopes to make sure the money is used fairly and not just by rich people so that everyone can have a say in who should run the country.
S. J. RES. 2 — Proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto, a limitation on the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve, and requiring a vote of two-thirds of the membership of both Houses of Congress on any legislation raising or imposing new taxes or fees.
January 08, 2025
Status:Introduced in Senate
Congress:119
Words:848
The proposed joint resolution, S. J. RES. 2, seeks to amend the U.S. Constitution by introducing three major changes. First, it allows the President to reduce or disapprove parts of a spending bill and enables Congress to reconsider those parts. Second, it imposes term limits...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to change how the U.S. government works by letting the President change parts of spending plans, giving Congress members a limit on how long they can work, and making it harder to raise taxes by needing more people to agree.

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