[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1018 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1018

Requesting the Senate to adjust its rules to reflect the intent of the 
 framers of the Constitution by amending the Senate's filibuster rule, 
   Rule 22, to facilitate the consideration of bills and amendments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 19, 2010

Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Welch, Mr. 
 Honda, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Courtney, 
   Mr. Berman, Mr. Becerra, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. 
    Doggett, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. DeLauro, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Sutton, Mr. 
Connolly of Virginia, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Nadler of New York, 
 Ms. Eshoo, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Cohen, Ms. 
Jackson Lee of Texas, and Mr. Farr) submitted the following resolution; 
              which was referred to the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requesting the Senate to adjust its rules to reflect the intent of the 
 framers of the Constitution by amending the Senate's filibuster rule, 
   Rule 22, to facilitate the consideration of bills and amendments.

Whereas the Constitution requires a super majority in certain circumstances only 
        and, in all other votes, a simple majority was intended to be 
        sufficient;
Whereas the procedural filibuster rule of the Senate effectively removes the 
        Vice President's constitutional right to cast a vote when the Senate is 
        equally divided;
Whereas the Senate's filibuster rule, Rule 22, extends the power of individual 
        Senators and the minority in the Senate beyond the power intended by the 
        Constitution;
Whereas the Constitution does not contemplate in letter or spirit allowing a 
        single member of Congress in either house, or the party in the minority 
        in either house, to prevent votes from being taken on bills and 
        amendments; and
Whereas the Senate's filibuster rule prevents the majority from governing and, 
        therefore, distorts the outcome of elections: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives requests the Senate to 
adjust its rules to reflect the intent of the framers of the 
Constitution by amending the Senate's filibuster rule, Rule 22, to 
facilitate the consideration of bills and amendments.
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