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HRES 555 104th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Campaign debates Independent candidates Presidential candidates Presidential elections Third parties (U.S. politics)

Expressing the sense of the House urging the inclusion of Ross Perot in the 1996 Presidential debates.

Introduced: September 30, 1996 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
Sep 30, 1996
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the format of the 1996 Presidential debates should be modified so that Ross Perot can have an equal opportunity to participate.

What's happening now September 30, 1996

Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Oct 1, 1996
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 1, 1996
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 555: Expressing the sense of the House urging the inclusion of Ross Perot in the 1996 Presidential debates.. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-555/
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"H. Res. 555: Expressing the sense of the House urging the inclusion of Ross Perot in the 1996 Presidential debates.." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-555/.
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H. Res. 555, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HRES-555/.
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