Less is More Resolution
The Less is More Resolution (HRES 18) amends House rules to require that any bill funding a new federal program must include reductions in funding for at least two existing programs (each reduction equal to or greater than the new program's funding). It mandates that the introducing member submit a written certification confirming this offset, which must be made public. This procedural rule applies to all House members and aims to enforce budgetary offsets for new spending proposals without creating new fiscal obligations.
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Introduced Jan 10, 2023
Last action Jan 10, 2023
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Jan 10, 2023
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Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on Ethics, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Jan 10, 2023
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1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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