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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, a proportional distribution of committee seats, staff, and financial resources be…

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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, a proportional distribution of committee seats, staff, and financial resources be made.

Introduced: March 7, 2007 Introduced by: Issa, Darrell Republican · California See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Citizens Equal Representation Rule - Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to add Rule XXVIII that requires for each Congress the ratio of majority party to minority party members of each committee, their respective staff, as well as funds, to be the same as the ratio of majority party membership to minority party membership of the House at the beginning of that Congress.

Exempts the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct from this Rule.

What's happening now March 7, 2007

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 218: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, a proportional distribution of committee seats, staff, and financial resources be made.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-218/
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"H. Res. 218: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, a proportional distribution of committee seats, staff, and financial resources be made.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-218/.
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H. Res. 218, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-218/.
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[H. Res. 218: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, as of the date of adoption of this resolution, a proportional distribution of committee seats, staff, and financial resources be made.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HRES-218/)
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