CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

James McGovern (D-MA)

Providing for consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 143) enabling Congress to advance important policies.

H.Res. 1068 · House resolution Congress

A Democratic resolution with no cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution provides for the consideration of the joint resolution known as H.J. Res. 143. It establishes specific rules for how the House shall proceed with the consideration of this joint resolution. The resolution includes provisions for waiving points of order and allows for a specific amendment in the nature of a substitute. It also outlines the terms for debate and the process for transmitting the message to the Senate upon passage.

Yes

  • Scored +1

    Does this make what the government does easier for the public to see?

    The resolution establishes specific procedural rules for the debate and passage of the underlying joint resolution.

The opposite

No question was scored the opposite.