Search Results: keywords:"joint session"

  • H. RES. 189 — Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:275

    H. RES. 189 is a resolution to formally censure Representative Al Green of Texas. The censure is due to his conduct during a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, when he interrupted the President's speech, causing disruptions. The resolution requires Representative...

    Simple Explanation

    H. RES. 189 is a plan to officially scold a congressman named Al Green because he interrupted the President while he was talking, making a scene during a big meeting of lawmakers. This scolding will be read out loud by the Speaker in the House of Representatives to let everyone know what he did.

  • H. RES. 189 — Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas.
    Status:Engrossed in House
    Words:81

    H. RES. 189 is a resolution from the U.S. House of Representatives to censure Representative Al Green of Texas. The resolution states that during a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025, Representative Green interrupted the President's speech, which disrupted the...

    Simple Explanation

    H. RES. 189 says that a man named Al Green, who works in the government, interrupted the President when he was talking, and this made people upset. Because of this, the government wants him to come in front of everyone and be told that he did something wrong.

  • H. R. 9285 — An Act To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3913 Leland Avenue Northwest in Comstock Park, Michigan, as the Captain Miguel Justin Nava Post Office.
    Status:Enrolled Bill
    Words:184

    H. R. 9285 is a legislative bill that designates the United States Postal Service facility located at 3913 Leland Avenue Northwest in Comstock Park, Michigan, to be officially named the "Captain Miguel Justin Nava Post Office." Any law, map, regulation, document, or other...

    Simple Explanation

    The U.S. Government has decided to give a special name to a post office in Comstock Park, Michigan, calling it the "Captain Miguel Justin Nava Post Office," so everyone will know it by this new name.

  • H. CON. RES. 16 — Providing for a joint session of the Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, July 2, 2026, in honor of the semiquincentennial of the Declaration of Independence.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:249

    H. CON. RES. 16 proposes that the United States Congress holds a joint session in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 2, 2026. This session is to commemorate the 250th anniversary, or semiquincentennial, of the Declaration of Independence, highlighting Philadelphia's...

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    Congress wants to have a special meeting in Philadelphia on July 2, 2026, to celebrate 250 years since America declared its independence, because Philadelphia is where it all began a long time ago.