House Passes Bill to Let Congress Cancel Multiple Year-End Regulations with a Single Vote
The House passed this bill in early 2025 and sent it to the Senate for review. Nothing has happened with the bill since February 2025, and it is currently stalled. The Senate must take action for the bill to move forward, but it is unlikely to be scheduled for a vote.
212–208
No action since February 2025
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 115 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 115 (118th) →Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 212 - 208 (Roll no. 41). (text: CR H654)
The House of Representatives voted to approve this bill. It now goes to the Senate.
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 205 - 213 (Roll no. 40).
On Motion to Recommit
The House approved H.R. 77, the 'Midnight Rules Relief Act,' in a 212-208 vote. The measure would allow lawmakers to roll back multiple federal regulations in one Congressional Review Act resolution, specifically targeting rules finalized during the final year of a president's term.
The House voted 212-208 to pass a bill allowing Congress to review multiple Congressional Review Act eligible final rules in a single joint resolution. The act could potentially allow Republicans to overturn up to 1,400 regulations finalized in the final months of the Biden administration.
H.R. 77 would allow lawmakers to roll back numerous federal rules under one resolution if submitted during the last 60 legislative days of a president's term. An earlier version passed the House in December 2024 but was not taken up by the Senate.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Midnight Rules Relief Act
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