Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Meeks. Petition No: 119-5. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2025051905">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
This resolution sets the House floor rules for taking up H.J.Res. 73, a joint resolution about a national emergency declared on February 1, 2025. It immediately brings that joint resolution up for consideration, waives all points of order against its consideration and content, and treats the measure as read. Debate is limited to one hour split between the chair and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and only one motion to recommit is allowed. It also suspends two specified House rule clauses and directs the Clerk to notify the Senate of passage within one week.
This is a House special-rule resolution that only changes House procedure for considering the specific joint resolution and does not itself create law. It waives points of order, narrows debate, allows a single motion to recommit, and exempts clause 1(c) of House Rule XIX and clause 8 of House Rule XX from applying to this consideration.
This House resolution (H.
Res. 393) sets the terms for considering H.J. Res. 73, a joint resolution relating to a Presidential national emergency declared February 1, 2025.
It waives all points of order against consideration and against provisions in the joint resolution, considers the joint resolution as read, limits debate to one hour equally divided between the Committee on Foreign Affairs chair and ranking member, allows one motion to recommit, suspends clause 1(c) of rule XIX and clause 8 of rule XX for consideration, and requires the Clerk to transmit passage to the Senate within one week.
The procedural rule itself is likely to pass the House, but the underlying joint resolution faces substantial Senate obstacles and possible executive veto, limiting overall chances.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-specified House rules resolution that sets the terms for floor consideration of a single joint resolution and includes the typical waivers, debate allocation, motion-to-recommit allowance, and an administrative transmission deadline.
Liberals emphasize congressional oversight; conservatives emphasize protecting executive authority.
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Liberals emphasize congressional oversight; conservatives emphasize protecting executive authority.
Likely supportive because it enables a prompt House vote to terminate or review the national emergency and asserts congressional oversight.
May note concerns about curtailed procedural protections but view the fast-track as necessary to restore checks on the executive.
Views the resolution as a procedural measure that reasonably moves the House to consider the joint resolution, but is cautious about broad waivers and compressed debate.
Supports orderly consideration while wanting adequate scrutiny and clear record.
Likely opposed because it fast-tracks a resolution that could terminate or challenge a Presidential national emergency, and it waives procedural protections.
Views the measure as an aggressive, partisan push that undermines executive discretion and deliberation.
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The procedural rule itself is likely to pass the House, but the underlying joint resolution faces substantial Senate obstacles and possible executive veto, limiting overall chances.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize congressional oversight; conservatives emphasize protecting executive authority.
The procedural rule itself is likely to pass the House, but the underlying joint resolution faces substantial Senate obstacles and possible…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a concise, well-specified House rules resolution that sets the terms for floor consideration of a single joint resolution and includes the typical waivers, debate…
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