| HJR22 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-08
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR22 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution authorizes the Speaker of the House of Representatives to administer the oath of office to Representative-elect Walter B. Jones at Farmville, North Carolina.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR23 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the U.S. Postal Service should continue door delivery for all customers.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HR25 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and Labor; (4) Foreign Affairs; (5) Homeland Security; (6) the Judiciary; (7) Natural Resources; (8) Oversight and Reform; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR24 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Agriculture; (2) Armed Services; (3) Education and Labor; (4) Foreign Affairs; (5) Homeland Security; (6) the Judiciary; (7) Natural Resources; (8) Oversight and Reform; ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition exclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| HCR1 | Engross
Sine Die | This concurrent resolution authorizes the Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate to assemble the House and the Senate outside the District of Columbia whenever the public interest warrants it.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-04
Received in the Senate. |
| HR9 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution names individuals to fill six specified minority party employee positions authorized by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. The minority leader is authorized to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three further minority empl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR17 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that establishes health care as a right for the people of the United States.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SR3 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa as the President pro tempore of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HR7 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) the Budget, (3) Energy and Commerce, (4) Financial Services, (5) Rules, and (6) Ways and Means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HR4 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR11 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds roll call vote of each chamber. The Preside...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR7 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the President and Vice President to be elected directly by the people of the states and the District of Columbia.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk, (2) Paul D. Irving as Sergeant at Arms, (3) Philip George Kiko as Chief Administrative Officer, and (4) Father Patrick J. Conroy as Chaplain.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| SR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution notifies the House of Representatives of the election of the Honorable Chuck Grassley as President pro tempore of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HR18 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should redirect foreign assistance to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras away from the central governments of those countries and towards local governmental, pri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HJR19 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress, by law, to limit the number of terms that Representatives and Senators may serve.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR10 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Members of Congress from receiving compensation during a fiscal year unless both chambers have agreed to an identical concurrent resolution on the budget for that fiscal year befor...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR8 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting the President from granting a pardon or reprieve to himself or herself, to certain members of the President's family, to members of the President's administration, or to paid emplo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SR9 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets the daily meeting of the Senate at 12:01 p.m. unless otherwise ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule. |
| SR4 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution notifies the President of the United States of the election of the Honorable Chuck Grassley as President pro tempore of the Senate.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HJR20 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SR6 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets the daily meeting of the Senate at noon unless otherwise ordered.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HR12 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes and affirms the historical connection of the Jewish people to Jerusalem, and commends Israel for protecting the freedom of all faiths to access holy sites in the city. It also condemns efforts at the United Nations Educatio...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| HJR9 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment that: (1) requires the President and Vice President to be elected by the citizens of the United States, (2) prohibits infringing on the right to vote by imposing any undue burden of proof of i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR2 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution informs the Senate that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR2 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on the raising and spending of money by candidates and others to influence elections. The amendment grants Congress and the states ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR21 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment giving Congress and states the power to regulate (1) donations to candidates for public office, or (2) media advertisements intended to influence the outcome of a vote. The amendment prohibits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR8 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution elects specified Members to the following House Committees: (1) Appropriations, (2) the Budget, (3) Energy and Commerce, (4) Financial Services, (5) Rules, and (6) Ways and Means.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR16 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting the total period an individual may serve as a Member of Congress to 12 years. Periods of service occurring before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR20 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order for the House to consider a concurrent resolution for its adjournment during any day in August of any calendar year u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Rules Committee |
| HJR14 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to four terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. Terms beginning before ratification of this article do not count towards term limits.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HJR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a two-thirds vote of each chamber. The prohibition exclu...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SJR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. Terms beginning before the ratification of this article do not count towards term limits...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| SR8 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution makes the President pro tempore's appointment of Morgan J. Frankel as Deputy Senate Legal Counsel effective January 3, 2019, for a term of service to expire at the end of the 117th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6-7; text: CR S7) |
| HJR12 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. This article shall not apply to any person who served as a Representative or as a Senator ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR10 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets the daily meeting time for the House of Representatives.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR18 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting Members of Congress from receiving compensation for any period a government shutdown is in effect.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR5 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution sets forth the rule for consideration of H.Res. 6 (adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 116th Congress), H.B. 21 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019), and H.J.Res. 1 (FY2019 Department of Homeland Security app...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| HJR15 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment requiring (1) each bill, order, resolution, or vote that must be submitted to the President to embrace no more than one subject; and (2) such subject to be clearly and descriptively expressed ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| HR15 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution expresses support for the intelligence community's assessment that Russian agents acting under the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin interfered with the 2016 presidential election. It also expresses strong disapproval of t...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Foreign Affairs Committee |
| SR7 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution makes the President pro tempore's appointment of Patricia Mack Bryan as Senate Legal Counsel effective January 3, 2019, for a term of service to expire at the end of the 117th Congress.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HJR6 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment prohibiting total outlays for a fiscal year from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. The prohi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
| SR1 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution provides for appointment of a Senate committee joined with a House of Representatives committee to notify the President that a quorum of each chamber has assembled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5; text: CR S5) |
| HJR3 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution supports the designation of Gospel Music Heritage Month, which would recognize the contributions to U.S. culture derived from the rich heritage of gospel music and gospel music artists.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| HR21 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution recognizes the 60th anniversary of Alaska becoming a state.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Oversight and Reform Committee |
| SR2 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution informs the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6; text: CR S6) |
| HR14 | Intro
Sine Die | This resolution authorizes the Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, to intervene in the case of Texas v. United States, any appellate proceedings arising from such case, and any other cases involving the Patient Protection and Affordab...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Rules Committee |
| HJR4 | Intro
Sine Die | This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms. This article shall not apply to any person who served as a Representative or as a Senator ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2019-01-03
To House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties |
