SCOTUS Resolution
Official title: Prohibiting the House or Senate from adjourning or convening in a pro forma session for a period of more than 2 days unless the Senate has acted upon the nomin… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: Prohibiting the House or Senate from adjourning or convening in a pro forma session for a period of more than 2 days unless the Senate has acted upon the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
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Prohibits the House of Representatives or Senate from adjourning, remaining adjourned, or convening solely in a pro forma session for a period of more than two days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, except when the House or Senate is in session on such a day) during the remainder of the 114th Congress unless, at the time the period of adjournment begins, the Senate has taken action on the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by: (1) holding a hearing on the nomination in the Senate Judiciary Committee, or (2) holding a vote on the nomination in the Senate.
Requires such prohibition to take effect July 19, 2016.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 132: SCOTUS Resolution. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HCONRES-132/
"H. Con. Res. 132: SCOTUS Resolution." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HCONRES-132/.
H. Con. Res. 132, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HCONRES-132/.
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