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H. RES. 967 — Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Members to vote by proxy in certain cases, and for other purposes.
January 16, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:402
H. RES. 967 is a resolution that proposes changes to the rules of the House of Representatives to allow members to vote by proxy in certain situations. Specifically, it permits a member who has given birth to designate another member to vote on her behalf for a period of 6...
Simple Explanation
In a new plan, the U.S. House of Representatives might let members who have just had a baby choose someone else to vote for them for six weeks, but that person won't count for deciding how many people are in attendance.
H. RES. 1115 — Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 967) amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to permit Members to vote by proxy in certain cases, and for other purposes.
April 05, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:295
H. RES. 1115 allows the House of Representatives to consider a resolution, H. Res. 967, which seeks to change the rules to let members vote by proxy in certain situations. This resolution ensures that any rules opposing the consideration of this resolution...
Simple Explanation
H. RES. 1115 is a plan for how members of a big meeting, like in school, can vote even if they're not there, but it doesn't let anyone change the plan during talking time. They will talk for one hour about it and make sure no one's allowed to bring up old rules that could slow things down.
H. RES. 23 — Permitting parental remote voting by proxy, and for other purposes.
January 09, 2025
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:119
Words:1,722
H. RES. 23 allows Members of the U.S. House of Representatives who become parents, either through birth themselves or their spouse, to vote remotely by designating another Member as a proxy. This proxy voting can last for up to 12 weeks following the birth, and can be...
Simple Explanation
This bill lets members of the House of Representatives have someone else vote for them if they just had a baby, so they can spend more time with their new family. They can use this helper voter for up to 12 weeks, but they can't use these votes to help decide if there are enough people in the room to start a meeting.
H. CON. RES. 110 — Establishing grounds under which Members of Congress may vote by proxy and remotely attend committee proceedings in the event of illness, a death in the family, jury service, military service, and other emergency situations, and for other purposes.
June 11, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:3,186
The concurrent resolution, cited as the "Legislative Proxy and Absence Accommodation Resolution," introduces a system allowing Members of Congress to vote by proxy and attend committee proceedings remotely under specific circumstances. These circumstances include personal illness, family...
Simple Explanation
In this bill, if members of Congress get sick, have a family emergency, or can't safely travel, they can still do their jobs by voting or joining meetings from far away with special permission, so they don't miss important work.
H. R. 5339 — An Act To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes.
September 19, 2024
Status:Referred in Senate
Congress:118
Words:2,831
H.R. 5339, also known as the “Protecting Americans’ Investments from Woke Policies Act,” proposes several amendments to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The bill aims to restrict fiduciaries from considering non-financial factors in retirement investment...
Simple Explanation
H.R. 5339 is a proposed law that would make rules for how people manage others' retirement money, saying they should mostly look at what makes the most money and be fair, not using unrelated things like personal beliefs unless they have to.

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