Sponsor
Michael Cloud
Representative · R-TX
Representative · R-TX
This resolution makes it easier for elected majorities to pass the policies they support and to reduce gridlock, but increases the risk of policy instability and more partisan lawmaking when control of Congress shifts.
Voters and taxpayers would see more House-passed bills reach timely, up-or-down Senate floor votes decided by a simple majority, increasing majority accountability and making it easier for elected majorities to enact policy.
Everyday Americans (taxpayers and middle-class families) could experience less legislative gridlock, so laws affecting public services and routine governance would be enacted more reliably and quickly.
Voters would get greater transparency and deliberation because Senate objections and debate would more often occur publicly on the floor rather than behind procedural barriers.
Taxpayers, state governments, and voters could face greater policy volatility because reducing or eliminating Senate minority blocking tools makes it easier for narrow majorities to pass laws that could be reversed when control changes.
Voters and public-sector stakeholders (including federal employees) may see more partisan, less negotiated legislation because weakening minority tools reduces incentives for bipartisan compromise and can heighten partisan conflict.
Taxpayers and federal employees could face prolonged uncertainty because these are non-binding calls for procedural change that may deepen inter-chamber conflict if the Senate resists, leaving the legislative process unsettled.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Formally states the House's finding that the modern Senate filibuster blocks majority rule and urges the Senate to reform or abolish cloture/filibuster to permit timely majority votes.
Official title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Senate's current cloture and filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies, are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress, and for other purposes.
Introduced July 20, 2026 by Michael Cloud · Last progress July 20, 2026
States that the modern Senate filibuster, as practiced since the 1970s, functions as a procedural minority veto that blocks floor votes and subverts the Framers’ design of majority rule. Declares the House’s view that the Senate should reform or abolish cloture/filibuster procedures to ensure timely majority votes while preserving minority rights to debate and offer amendments. Directs the House Clerk to send the resolution to Senate leaders and every Senator. The resolution is a formal statement of the House’s findings and sense (nonbinding) rather than a change to Senate rules or federal law.