Enabling the House of Representatives to be responsive to its membership.

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Introduced 2026-01-14Topic: governance ethics

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This resolution would change the Rules of the House of Representatives in three ways. It would rewrite the House Code of Official Conduct so that Members, officers, and employees must follow both the spirit and the letter of House rules and committee rules. It would rewrite the rule on suspending House rules, which requires a two-thirds vote, so that suspension motions may only be considered on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays and during the last six days of a session, with 40 minutes of debate. It would also direct the Clerk of the House to place clocks showing each U.S. time zone in the House Chamber.

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Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-01-14	House	Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Rules, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.	refer
2026-01-14		Submitted in House	refer
2026-01-14		Submitted in House	introduce

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