Midnight Rules Relief Act

Sponsored by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) · 12 active : 12 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedFeb 12, 2025
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Summary on Congress.gov

Midnight Rules Relief Act

This bill allows Congress to disapprove multiple regulations under one joint resolution of disapproval if the regulations were submitted for review during a portion of the final year of a President's term.

Under current law, the Congressional Review Act generally provides for a period of additional review during the succeeding Congress for regulations that were submitted during the last 60 legislative days of the prior Congress. However, each joint resolution may disapprove of only one regulation.

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReferred to
House Committee on Rules · HouseReferred to
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Congressional oversight
Legislative rules and procedure
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

44Swing 70–100
204Middle 30–70
183Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 29.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 77 · Feb 12, 2025 · Roll call 40On PassageMidnight Rules Relief Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 115 · Dec 17, 2024 · Roll call 1227On PassageMidnight Rules Relief Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7887 · Jul 23, 2024 · Roll call 1098On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedACCESS Act
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7525 · May 6, 2024 · Roll call 896On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassSpecial District Grant Accessibility Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 357 · Dec 12, 2023 · Roll call 712On PassageEnsuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 10326 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 670On PassagePROOF Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1490 · Sep 1, 2026 · Roll call 649On Agreeing to the ResolutionProviding for the condemnation and denouncement of socialism in all its forms, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Res. 1335 · Jun 11, 2026 · Roll call 582On Agreeing to the ResolutionCondemning actors seeking to defraud the U.S. Government, and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that government-wide fraud and improper payment prevention reforms will meaningfully improve the financial prosperity of the U.S., and that Federal program eligibility should be verified before payment
PassedSame policy area×0.5

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H.R. 8464 · Jun 10, 2026 · Roll call 580On PassageStopping Fraudulent Payments Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8312 · Jun 10, 2026 · Roll call 578On PassageFraud Prevention and Accountability Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S. 1383 · Feb 11, 2026 · Roll call 429On PassageVeterans Accessibility Advisory Committee Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 142 · Feb 4, 2026 · Roll call 416On PassageDisapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025

Cosponsors

12 active

Show all 12 cosponsors

Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5)
Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1)
Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6)
Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)
Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
James C. Moylan (R-GU-AL)
Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3)

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.