HRES 712 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should immediately change its rules and end the "modern" filibuster.

Introduced Jan 22, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Luke Messer R-IN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 22, 2018 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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IntroducedJan 22, 2018
Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should change its rules to eliminate the modern filibuster that has allowed Senators to block debate on and passage of legislation and prevented the democratic process from working as the Founding Fathers intended.

Cosponsors 8

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2018 to Feb 8, 2018, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-TN	Diane Black	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-ND	Kevin Cramer	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-WY	Liz Cheney	Original	Jan 22, 2018
R-NY	Chris Collins		Feb 2, 2018
R-TN	David P. Roe		Feb 8, 2018

Actions 2

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Jan 22, 2018Introduced in House
Jan 22, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Jan 22, 2018Introduced in House

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