2018-09-27 Introduced in House Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should revise its procedures for consideration of legislation and amendments by adopting proposals to:

• encourage and reward consensus-driven governing,
• foster the passage of member initiatives that solve constituent priorities,
• increase accountability and transparency, and
• elect a Speaker who is representative of the entire body.

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