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Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the House, or removal from committee membership.

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the House, or removal from committee membership.

Introduced Nov 21, 2025

Latest action (Nov 21, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

Referred to
Rules Committee
Policy area
Congress

Summary
  • Requires a supermajority vote of at least 60 percent of members present and voting to censure a House member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
  • Requires a supermajority vote of at least 60 percent of members present and voting to disapprove a House member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner
  • Requires a supermajority vote of at least 60 percent of members present and voting to remove a House member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from committee assignments

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Sponsor (1)
34 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Nov 21, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Rules. · house
  2. Nov 21, 2025 Submitted in House

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 21, 2025

Mr. Beyer (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Lawler, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Kiley of California, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Moskowitz, Mr. McClintock, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Omar, Mr. Walkinshaw, Mr. Bera, Ms. McCollum, Ms. Craig, Ms. McBride, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Cuellar, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, and Ms. Salinas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Rules

RESOLUTION

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a supermajority vote of Members present and voting to subject a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner to the censure or disapproval of the House, or removal from committee membership.

Resolved,

SECTION 1. THRESHOLD REQUIRED FOR VOTE FOR CENSURE, DISAPPROVAL, AND REMOVAL FROM COMMITTEE.

Rule XVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: “Censure, disapproval, and removal from committee “11. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner may not be subjected to the censure or disapproval of the House, nor to removal from committee membership, unless not less than 60 percent of the Members voting, a quorum being present, vote in favor of the resolution to censure, disapprove, or remove such Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner from committee assignments.”. <all>

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