Midnight Rules Relief Act

How it moves voter issues

• −1Elections & government accountability

  Lets Congress overturn many end-of-term regulations in a single vote, reducing individual review of each rule.

  Low confidence

  AI score: −1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

What it does

Midnight 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.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, passed house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. Dec 17, 2024House On Motion to RecommitMidnight Rules Relief Act198 yea 211 nayProcedural, not counted
2. Dec 17, 2024House On PassageMidnight Rules Relief Act210 yea 201 nayCounts toward rankings