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H.R. 77119th CongressGovernment Operations and Politics
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.
Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate11 senators score as swing votes
Passed House
- House: passedFeb 12, 2025
- Senate: next
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govMidnight 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
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 11Swing 70–100
- 68Middle 30–70
- 21Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
- 1
John FettermanDemocrat · Pennsylvania · Lean R+1Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Similar past votes, Senate
Earlier behind swing-v3’s inputLoading similar votes
Cosponsors
12 activeShow 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.
