Questions tagged [house-of-representatives]
Questions related to the policies or governance of a House of Representatives (typically a lower house in a bicameral legislature or the only chamber in a unicameral legislature). Use with a relevant country tag.
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Except/before the IRGC vote/resolution, did the US Congress formally urge the EU to designate other organizations as terrorists?
H. Res. 288 passed by a large majority (411-14) on April 16 urges the EU to designate the IRGC as terrorists. Vote summary:
Urging the European Union to expeditiously designate the Islamic ...
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What motives would Democrats have to vote either in favor or against vacating Mike Johnson's speakership if a motion to vacate were voted on?
Marjorie Taylor Greene is currently floating the idea of issuing a motion to vacate the Speakership of Mike Johnson in the House of Representatives in US Congress. This would be the second such motion ...
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Why don't Democrats let Representative Greene rename post offices, and how do they prevent her from doing so?
After 06:00 in CNN's April 19 18, 2024 MTG says GOP support is ‘growing’ to oust Speaker Johnson there are several quick clips of Democratic representatives suggesting they would not vote to vacate if ...
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Would a viable third party candidate legally have a chance in the House of Representatives?
Suppose there was an American third party candidate, who won a quarter of the popular vote, and a single large state or a handful of smaller ones: specifically with enough electoral votes so that ...
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U.S. Speaker Johnson says the house will take up Ukrainian aid in next few weeks
The House is out of session, and holding a Republican strategy, team building retreat at the Green Briar Hotel in West Virginia. Yesterday Speaker Johnson announced at the retreat that the house would ...
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Why does expelled former American congressperson, George Santos, still have access to the United States of America's Congressional House floor?
Why does disgraced former American congressperson, George Santos (AKA Anthony Devolder AKA Anthony Zabrovsky allegedly AKA Kitara Ravache) still have access to the United States of America's ...
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Is the House of Representatives not allowed to initiate any bills dealing with foreign policy (outside of commerce and budget matters)?
It's been claimed in an unsourced answer here that
It's an "H.R.". Meaning it's a "House Resolution". As such, the bill would not have any power in law. The domain of the foreign ...
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Could the Democrats (almost) unilaterally remove the Republican House Speaker?
My understanding is that, under the current rules, any single house member can force a vote on removing the (Republican) House Speaker, including any Democrat.
Should this happen, a very few ...
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How can speaker Mike Johnson prevent a vote in the House on the Ukraine aid bill?
In The Good Republicans’ Last Stand (The Atlantic, 2024-02-12), discussing bills for aid to Ukraine, David Frum writes
...17 Republican senators joined Democrats to speed assistance to Ukraine, ...
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Have other countries raised serious concerns on Pakistan elections?
Recently Pakistan concluded elections for its National Assembly and provincial assemblies. I have seen the US and UK official statements on these elections raising concerns on fairness.
The European ...
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Why could the House get 250-180 votes on some bill but not "muster the simple majority needed to set the terms for the bill’s debate"?
I find this AP report quite confusing:
Johnson resorted to moving the bill through an expedited process that requires a two-thirds majority for passage. That’s because Republicans were unlikely to ...
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Did the Democrats have an endgame plan when they allowed the Republicans to remove the Speaker of the House? [duplicate]
The Republicans have a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Last year, eight Republican Congressmen filed a motion to vacate the Speakership,which succeeded, because the former (...
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Can a "minority" party elect, or at least choose the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Suppose the U.S. House of Representatives' 435 seats are narrowly divided something like 220-215 between the two major parties. Normally, the majority party chooses the Speaker of the House.
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Are the US presidential electors the members of House of Representatives?
My question is about the US presidential election. I read that the Electoral College consists of 435 electors, 100 senators and 3 others. Are the 435 electors the members of the House of ...
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Where can I find the archival records of a US "Committee on Armed Services Hearings" held in 1963?
This is the full citation:
U.S., Congress, House, Committee on Armed Services, Hearings on the Military Posture, 88th Cong., 1st sess., 30 January 1963
I looked for it here - Congressional Hearings -...
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