BUDS Resolution
Latest action · Sep 1, 2023 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedSep 1, 2023
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Building Unity through Dual Sponsors Resolution or the BUDS Resolution
This bill permits two Members of the House of Representatives to jointly sponsor legislation if one is from the majority party and one is from the minority party.
Under current House rules, only one Member may serve as the sponsor for a piece of legislation, though additional Members may serve as cosponsors.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 1, 2023 to Dec 17, 2024; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Sep 1, 2023 |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Sep 1, 2023 |
| R-OH | Mike Carey | Original | Sep 1, 2023 |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | Original | Sep 1, 2023 |
| R-CA | Young Kim | Original | Sep 1, 2023 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Sep 28, 2023 | |
| R-GU | James C. Moylan | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| R-OR | Lori Chavez-DeRemer | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Oct 10, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-NY | Michael Lawler | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-PA | Chrissy Houlahan | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Eric Sorensen | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-AK | Mary Sattler Peltola | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Dec 17, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Sep 1, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Sep 1, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this resolution, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MEMBER DAY HEARING ON PROPOSED RULES CHANGES FOR THE 119TH CONGRESS83 pages | Rules Committee | Sep 19, 2024 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Authorizing two Members to serve as joint sponsors of a bill, resolution, or joint resolution in the House of Representatives if one of the Members is from the majority party and the other is from the minority party.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- BUDS Resolution
- Building Unity through Dual Sponsors Resolution
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 1, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this resolution on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
