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Sets Debate Rules for 4 House Bills
Recent Bills/Sets Debate Rules for 4 House Bills

Sets Debate Rules for 4 House Bills

IntroducedSeptember 17, 2025
1 year ago
Intro
House
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Congress
More:GovernmentResolutions
Why This Matters

This resolution sets the rules for debating a joint resolution that proposes a change to how the Senate handles debate on legislation.

If you follow Congress, this resolution prepares the House for debate on a proposal about Senate debate rules.
Who this affects
House members · Senators
What does this resolution do?
  1. 1This resolution allows the House to debate a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment about Senate debate rules.
  2. 2The joint resolution suggests that closing debate in the Senate requires at least three-fifths of Senators to agree.
  3. 3Debate on the joint resolution will be limited to one hour, split between supporters and opponents.
  4. 4All points of order against the joint resolution are waived, meaning no objections can be raised during the debate.
Read the detailed summary

This resolution provides for the consideration of the joint resolution (H.J. Res.4) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that debate upon legislation pending before the Senate may not be brought to a close without the concurrence of a minimum of three-fifths of the Senators.

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Resolutions must be adopted by the chamber that introduced them.
Intro
House
IntroducedCurrentSep 17, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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