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HRES 712 115th Congress House Congress Legislative rules and procedure Senate

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should immediately change its rules and end the "modern" filibuster.

Introduced: February 2, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Jan 22, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Jan 22, 2018
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should change its rules to eliminate the modern filibuster that has allowed Senators to block debate on and passage of legislation and prevented the democratic process from working as the Founding Fathers intended.

What's happening now January 22, 2018

Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 3
Collins, Chris
· Feb 2, 2018
 R
Biggs, Andy
Arizona · Jan 22, 2018
Black, Diane
· Jan 22, 2018
Cheney, Liz
· Jan 22, 2018
 R
Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 22, 2018
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jan 22, 2018
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 712: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should immediately change its rules and end the "modern" filibuster.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-712/
MLA
"H. Res. 712: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should immediately change its rules and end the "modern" filibuster.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-712/.
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H. Res. 712, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-712/.
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[H. Res. 712: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Senate should immediately change its rules and end the "modern" filibuster.](https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HRES-712/)
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