MEMBERS Resolution
Summary
Mandating that being an Elected Member Be an Essential Requirement for Speakership Resolution or the MEMBERS Resolution This resolution bars an individual from being eligible to be nominated to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives unless the individual is a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner (or, in the case of a nomination made prior to the beginning of the Congress in which the individual would serve as Speaker, is a Member-elect, Delegate-elect, or Resident Commissioner-elect).
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced Jul 19, 2021
Last action Jul 19, 2021
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Committee
1
Jul 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
lower
Jul 19, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brendan F. Boyle
DDemocratic
Co
J. Luis Correa
DDemocratic
Co
Jim Cooper
DDemocratic
Co
Kweisi Mfume
DDemocratic
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