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Other members of the House may co-sponsor any bill to be introduced in the House by a member. These co-sponsors are not required to sign the bill and are considered under House Rules to be "original co-sponsors" and "additional co-sponsors" depending on whether they co-sponsored the bill at the time it was introduced or added their names to the ...
The Origination Clause, sometimes called the Revenue Clause, [1] [2] is Article I, Section 7, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.The clause says that all bills for raising revenue must start in the U.S. House of Representatives, but the U.S. Senate may propose or concur with amendments, as in the case of other bills.
The concessions needed to get the deal done are complicating efforts to squeeze legislation through the House and Senate before the US runs out of money to pay its bills. A debt ceiling deal ...
Pay would be reinstated once a budget was passed or on January 2, 2015 (the last day of the 113th Congress), whichever came first. [16] Under the law, the debt ceiling would be set on May 19, 2013, to a level "necessary to fund commitment incurred by the Federal Government that required payment." [15]
The debt ceiling compromise bill sailed to passage in the House on Wednesday evening. The House voted 314-117 after just over an hour of debate on the legislation. The bill required a simple ...
House GOP leaders’ furious scramble to secure the support needed to pass a debt limit bill is not going well. McCarthy hits a snag as members harden 'no' votes on debt limit bill Skip to main ...
Authorizing bills fall under the jurisdiction of most of the other standing committees of the House and Senate. Almost all of the standing House committees and Senate committees have authorizing responsibilities. [6] The topics, agencies, or programs that a bill deals with determines to which committee or committees it is referred.
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