Search Results: keywords:"majority rule resolution"

  • 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.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:369

    H. CON. RES. 6, known as the "Majority Rule Resolution," proposes changes to how debates are ended in the House of Representatives and the Senate. It states that no more than a simple majority of members present is needed to close debate on any question, regardless of existing House or Senate...

    Simple Explanation

    This bill wants to make it easier to stop talking about something in Congress by just needing a little over half of the people to agree, kind of like when a majority of kids in a classroom raise their hands to vote on something.

  • H. CON. RES. 111 — Providing for certain procedures for bringing debate to a close on any question in the House of Representatives and Senate, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:360

    H. CON. RES. 111, also known as the "Majority Rule Resolution," proposes a change in the procedures for ending debates in the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The resolution suggests that neither chamber should require more than a simple majority of members present...

    Simple Explanation

    The "Majority Rule Resolution" is about changing the rules for how Congress stops talking about ideas, making it so they only need half-plus-one of the people in the room to agree to stop talking, instead of needing more. It's like when playing a game with friends, and instead of everyone having to agree to end the game, just a little over half needs to say it's time to stop.