Congress can block multiple late-term rules in one vote.
S. 164 — Midnight Rules Relief Act of 2025 · Filed by Ron Johnson (R-WI) · 6 cosponsors · Introduced Jan 21, 2025 · Reported out
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What it does
The bill changes how Congress stops late-term rules. Right now, Congress votes on each rule one at a time. This bill lets Congress vote on many rules at once. The rules covered are ones issued during a President's final year.
Who it affects
Congress members will vote differently on late-term rules. Citizens may see faster blocking of rules Congress chooses to stop.
One thing to notice
Bundling midnight rules in one vote means Congress votes once on a package. This could hide controversial rules inside a larger batch.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
6 cosponsors: 6 Republicans.
- Jan 21, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jan 21, 2025 — Referred to Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs”
- Aug 6, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- midnight rules — Regulations issued during a President's final year in office.
- bundling — Putting multiple things together into one package or group.
- late-term rules — Regulations made near the end of a President's time in office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,322 characters) on Aug 20, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-17.
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