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Rules Committee adopts A‑1 amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 to set temporary joint rules
Summary
The committee approved the A‑1 amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, adjusting the size of conference committees and inserting a germaneness standard into the temporary joint rules to match House practice.
The Committee on Rules and Legislative Administration adopted the A‑1 amendment to Senate Concurrent Resolution 2, a change officials said will set temporary joint rules for conference committees between the two chambers.
The amendment allows conference committees to be comprised of not fewer than three and not more than six members from each house, replacing the prior five-member standard for each house. It also inserts language (lines 2.15–2.19) establishing that a…
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