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  2. Simple resolution - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, a simple resolution is a legislative measure passed by only either the Senate or the House of Representatives.As they have been passed by only one house, simple resolutions are not presented to the President, and do not have the force of law.

  3. Discharge petition - Wikipedia

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    In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution. [1] The signatures of an absolute majority of House members are required.

  4. Legislative veto in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The legislative veto provision found in federal legislation took several forms. Some laws established a veto procedure that required a simple resolution passed by a majority vote of one chamber of Congress. Other laws required a concurrent resolution passed by both the House and the Senate. Some statutes made the veto process more difficult by ...

  5. Procedures of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    A proposal usually takes one of four principal forms: the bill, the joint resolution, the concurrent resolution, and the simple resolution. [6] Bills are laws in the making. A House-originated bill begins with the letters "H.R." for "House of Representatives", followed by a number kept as it progresses. [6]

  6. Congressional oversight - Wikipedia

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    Another avenue of oversight is a resolution of inquiry, which is a simple resolution making a direct request or demand of the president or the head of an executive department to furnish the House of Representatives with specific factual information in the administration’s possession. [10]

  7. Omnibus spending bill - Wikipedia

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    Every year, Congress must pass bills that appropriate money for all discretionary government spending. Generally, one bill is passed for each sub-committee of the twelve subcommittees in the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations and the matching 12 subcommittees in the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.

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  9. Concurrent resolution - Wikipedia

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    115 S.Con.Res.3 - Senator Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) introduced the S. Con. Res. 3 and S.84 on January 3, 2017, a "concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2018 through 2026."