H. Res. 5 (119th)Bill Overview

Adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress, and for other purposes.

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Republican
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Discussions
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Current stageFloor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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01 · The brief

<p>This resolution establishes rules for the House of Representatives for the 119th Congress.</p><p>The resolution adopts the rules from the 118th Congress with specified changes, including</p><ul><li>providing that a resolution vacating the Office of Speaker is only privileged (takes precedence over all matters other than motions to adjourn) if it is offered by a sponsor of the majority party joined by eight cosponsors from the majority party;&nbsp;</li><li>providing that the Speaker may only entertain a motion to suspend the rules on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays; </li><li>prohibiting&nbsp;waiver (by rule or by order) of the germaneness rule (which requires amendments to be of the same subject matter as the measure under consideration); and </li><li>prohibiting consideration of measures that exceed a specified long-term budget impact according to the Congressional Budget Office.</li></ul><p>Additional changes include</p><ul><li>authorizing the use of electronic voting within a committee;</li><li>authorizing remote appearances by&nbsp;non-executive branch witnesses and their counsel in committee proceedings;&nbsp;</li><li>eliminating the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion;&nbsp;</li><li>eliminating&nbsp;certain collective bargaining rights for employees of the House of Representatives; </li><li>reauthorizing the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party;&nbsp;</li><li>reauthorizing the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; and&nbsp;</li><li>reauthorizing the House Democracy Assistance Commission&nbsp;(an entity that advises democratic parliaments in other countries)&nbsp;and renaming it the House Democracy Partnership. </li></ul><p>The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 21, H.R. 22, H.R. 23, H.R. 26, H.R. 27, H.R. 28, H.R. 29, H.R. 30, H.R. 31, H.R. 32, H.R. 33, and H.R. 35.</p>

Passage65/100

This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention62/100

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

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03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
Progressive

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
Centrist

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
Conservative

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

Introduced

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

Reached or meaningfully advanced

Floor

Reached or meaningfully advanced

President

Still ahead

Law

Still ahead

Passage likelihood65/100

This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.

Why this could stall
  • The next hurdle is reproducing that support in the other chamber.
05 · Recent votes

Recent votes on the bill.

06 · Go deeper

Go deeper than the headline read.

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The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.

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