S. 2823: No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2021
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S. 2823: No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2021
117th Congress · introduced 2021-09-23 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2021-09-23 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2021
Plain summary
No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the Senate from considering a budget reconciliation bill unless at least one committee hearing has been held regarding the bill. (Reconciliation bills are considered by Congress using expedited legislative procedures that prevent a filibuster and restrict amendments in the Senate.) Specifically, the bill prohibits the Senate from considering a reconciliation bill unless (1) the bill was reported by a committee that received reconciliation instructions or by the Senate Budget Committee after receiving recommendations from committees that received instructions, and (2) each committee that reported the bill or ordered recommendations to be reported to the Senate Budget Committee held at least one hearing regarding any major provision of the bill that is within the jurisdiction of the committee.
Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.
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Official text
No Hearing, No Vote Act of 2021
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · 15 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Barrasso (R-WY), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Joni Ernst (R-IA), James Lankford (R-OK), James E. Risch (R-ID), Rick Scott (R-FL), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), John Hoeven (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD)
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Words on this page, explained (3)
- Bill
- A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
- Filibuster
- Using long debate or other delay to block or slow a vote in the U.S. Senate.
- Jurisdiction
- The area or the matters a government or court has authority over.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s2823.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s2823 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117