HRES 2 118th Congress House Congress Congressional leadership Congressional officers and employees House of Representatives

To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Introduced: January 6, 2023 Introduced by: Scalise, Steve Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

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Agreed to (House)

Jan 7, 2023

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

Jan 7, 2023

On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H48)

Jan 7, 2023

Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H48)

Jan 7, 2023

Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H48)

Jan 6, 2023

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution informs the Senate that a quorum of the House of Representatives has assembled and that Kevin McCarthy and Cheryl L. Johnson have been elected Speaker of the House and Clerk, respectively.

What's happening now January 7, 2023

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

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 2: To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-2/

MLA

"H. Res. 2: To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-2/.

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H. Res. 2, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-2/.

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[H. Res. 2: To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and election of the Speaker and the Clerk.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HRES-2/)