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Civil Society Proposals

119th Congress

  • Renovating the People’s House: Rules Reform for the 119th Congress Jointly issued by the American Governance Institute and the Foundation for American Innovation (August 2024)
  • Governing the House with Multiple Parties New America Foundation (August 2024)
  • Revitalizing the House: Bipartisan Recommendations on Rules and Process Jointly issued by Revitalizing American Institutions, the Hoover Institution, and the Sunwater Institute (September 2024)
  • 119th House Rules Recommendations POPVOX Foundation (August 2024)

118th Congress

  • Bipartisan Recommendations to Reform the House Rules Jointly issued by Demand Progress and the Lincoln Network (November 2022)
  • Modernizing the People’s House: Reform Proposals for the New Congress Issued by the Lincoln Network (November 2020)
  • Five Proposals to Amend House Rules Issued by the Levin Center (Nov 11, 2022)

117th Congress

  • Legislative Language Proposals for the 117th Congress House Rules Prepared by Daniel Schuman and Taylor J. Swift, Demand Progress (2020)
  • Bipartisan Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Include Inherent Contempt Fines Provision in House Rules Package (2020-10-22)
  • End the PAYGO Rule Letter from a coalition of organization (2020-11-18)
  • The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in the 117th Congress Coalition Letter (2020-11-16)

116th Congress

  • Legislative Language Proposals for the 116th Congress House Rules Prepared by Daniel Schuman, Demand Progress (2018-12-05)
  • Coalition Proposals for Strengthening Congressional Oversight of the Intelligence Community (2018-11-16)
  • Demand Progress White Paper (2018-09-12); Letter from 20 organizations and 8 congressional experts 2018-09-12)
  • No Labels draft white paper (2018-07)
  • Good Government Now recommendations on Civil Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas (2018-07-31)
  • Good Government now: Proposed Inherent Contempt Enforcement Rule for the U.S. House -- summary and rule text

115th Congress

  • Strengthening Congressional Oversight Over the Intelligence Community, released by R Street Institute, Demand Progress, Freedom Works, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (2016-09-13). Letter from a bipartisan group of 33 organizations endorsing the recommendations. (2016-09-13)
  • Coalition letter in support of security clearances for HPSCI staff (2016-03-18)

114th Congress

  • Congressional Oversight of National Security: Reform Agenda, released by a coalition of organizations. Daniel Schuman is the point of contact. (2014-12)
  • Recommendations for Updating House Rules for the 114th Congress, released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the Sunlight Foundation, and the OpenGov Foundation. Daniel Schuman is the point of contact. (2014-10-07)

113th Congress

  • House Rules Changes: Sunlight's Proposals for the 113th Congress. Daniel Schuman is the point of contact. (2012)

112th Congress

  • House Rules Changes: Sunlight’s Proposals for the 112th Congress. Daniel Schuman is the point of contact. (2010-09-16)

Congressional Proposals

118th Congress

  • Proposals for Modernizing House Rules — Summary of Committee Members’ Day Recs for 118th Congress (2022-12-2)
  • Transcript of the Hearing (including written statements) (2022-11-22)

117th Congress

  • Summary of the House Rules Committee Members' Day Hearing (2020-10-14)
  • Transcript of the Members' Day Hearing (2020-10-01)
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus Center "Unrig the Rules Explainer" (2020-10-06)
  • Rules Committee Members' Day Hearing Video (2020-10-1)
  • Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Recommendations

116th Congress

  • Section-By-Section Analysis of H. Res 6 Adopting the Rules for the 116th Congress (2019-01-01)
  • Adopting the Rules for the 116th Congress (2019-01-01) -- H. Res 6
  • Members' Day Hearing on Proposed Rules Changes for the 116th Congress (2018-09-13) (video)
  • Rep. Andy Biggs (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony - 5 proposals concerns the availability of legislation in advance of proceedings
  • Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- staggered seating at hearings
  • Rep. Mike Gallagher (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- no fundraising when the house is in session
  • Rep. Griffith (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony
  • Rep. Derek Kilmer (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony
  • Rep. Steve King (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- supports congressional requests for information, if not complied with alerts appropriators to address noncompliant agency (drafted with Good Government Now)
  • Rep. Scott Perry (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- no approps under closed rules
  • Reps. Tom Reed and Josh Gottenheimer on behalf of Problem Solvers (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- change motion to vacate to require 1/3 of members, committee party ratios reflect the whole House, 3/5s majority to pass legislation under closed rules, structured rules should allow at least one amendment from minority party
  • Rep. Kathleen Rice (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- cybersecurity training
  • Rep. Jackie Speier (2018-09-13) -- H. Rules testimony -- disclose funding sources for think tank testimony, hpsci members get ts/sci clearances for staff, establish House office of technology assessment, select cmte on election integrity, barber shop equality, climate survey for workplace, extend house ethics cmte jurisdiction for when member resigns/retires, trigger markup if majority of committee co-sponsor legislation, restart page program
  • Reps. Ed Perlmutter and Kathleen Rice (2018-09-13) -- Letter to Democratic Caucus Chairs
  • Rep. Steny Hoyer (2018-09-12) -- Speech (video here)
  • Letter from 8 Democrats on HPSCI on Security Clearances for Staff (2016-03-22)

News Stories

2024

  • Rules rumination for the next Congress, Katherine Tully-McManus, Politico ([https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2024/08/06/rules-rumination-for-the-next-congress-00172906](August 6, 2024))

2018

  • More Problem Solvers Members Pledge to Tie Speaker Vote to Rule Changes, Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call (2018-09-27)
  • A New Petition From House Democrats Could Complicate Nancy Pelosi’s Future, Elaina Plott, The Atlantic (2018-09-19)
  • 15 Members Pledge to Withhold Speaker Vote Without Rule Changes, Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call (2018-09-13)
  • Government Overhaul Like ‘Caffeine’ for Economic Agenda, Dems Say, Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call (2018-09-12)
  • Good Government Groups Urge ‘Systematic Reform’ of House Rules, Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call (2018-09-12)
  • Time to Reform the House Rules, Daniel Schuman, Demand Progress (2018-09-12)
  • Dems vow rules overhaul to empower members if House flips, Mike Lillis, the Hill (2018-09-01)
  • Too Soon for Rules Talk, Uneasy House Members Say, Lindsey McPherson, Roll Call (2018-09-11)
  • There’s a Right Way to Overhaul Congress, Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg (2018-06-19)
  • Can the House Speakership Be Saved? These Lawmakers Have an Idea, Carl Hulse, New York Times (2018-06-16)

2016

  • House Intel Panel Pushes for Access to Classified Info, Jenna McLaughlin, the Intercept (2016-03-23)

House Rules Packages

117th Congress

116th Congress

  • Rules for the 116th Congress [PDF] [XML]
  • H. Res 6 [PDF]
  • Section-by-section analysis of H. Res 6 [PDF]
  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF] [XML]

115th Congress

  • Rules for the 115th Congress [PDF] [XML]
  • H. Res 5 [PDF] [XML]
  • Section-by-section analysis of H. Res 5 [PDF]
  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF] [XML]

114th Congress

  • Rules for the 114th Congress [PDF] [XML]
  • H. Res 5 [XML]
  • Section-by-section analysis of H. Res 5 [PDF]
  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF] [XML]

113th Congress

  • Rules for the 113th Congress [XML]
  • H. Res 5 [XML] [PDF]
  • Section-by-section analysis of H. Res 5 [PDF]
  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF] [XML]

112th Congress

  • Rules for the 112th Congress [XML]
  • H. Res 5 [XML] [PDF]
  • Section-by-section analysis of H. Res 5 [PDF]
  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF] [XML]

111th Congress

  • Jefferson's Manual [PDF]

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