House Rules Reform Archive

civil society proposals

120th Congress

  • Fixing Congress: from University of Pennsylvania (July 2026)
  • Renewing the House of Representatives: from Protect Democracy (September 2026)

119th Congress

  • How to Fix Congress: from We the Doers July 29, 2026
  • Renovating the People’s House: Rules Reform for the 119th Congress Jointly issued by the American Governance Institute and the Foundation for American Innovation (August 2024)
  • Governing the House with Multiple Parties New America Foundation (August 2024)
  • 119th House Rules Recommendations POPVOX Foundation (August 2024)
  • Revitalizing the House: Bipartisan Recommendations on Rules and Process Jointly issued by Revitalizing American Institutions, the Hoover Institution, and the Sunwater Institute (September 2024)

118th Congress

  • Bipartisan Recommendations to Reform the House Rules Jointly issued by Demand Progress and the Lincoln Network (November 2022)
  • Modernizing the People’s House: Reform Proposals for the New Congress Issued by the Lincoln Network (November 2022)
  • Five Proposals to Amend House Rules Issued by the Levin Center (November 11, 2022)

117th Congress

  • Legislative Language Proposals for the 117th Congress House Rules Prepared by Daniel Schuman and Taylor J. Swift, Demand Progress (2020)
  • Bipartisan Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Include Inherent Contempt Fines Provision in House Rules Package (October 2020)
  • End the PAYGO Rule Letter from a coalition of organization (November 2020)
  • The House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress in the 117th Congress Coalition Letter (November 2020)

116th Congress

  • Good Government now: Proposed Inherent Contempt Enforcement Rule for the U.S. House — summary and rule text
  • Good Government Now recommendations on Civil Enforcement of Congressional Subpoenas (July 2018)
  • No Labels draft white paper (July 2018)
  • Demand Progress White Paper (September 2018); Letter from 20 organizations and 8 congressional experts (September, 2018)
  • Legislative Language Proposals for the 116th Congress House Rules Prepared by Daniel Schuman, Demand Progress (December 2018)

115th Congress

  • Coalition letter in support of security clearances for HPSCI staff (March 2016)
  • Strengthening Congressional Oversight Over the Intelligence Community, released by R Street Institute, Demand Progress, Freedom Works, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (September 2016). Letter from a bipartisan group of 33 organizations endorsing the recommendations. (September 2016)

114th Congress

  • Recommendations for Updating House Rules for the 114th Congress, released by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, the Sunlight Foundation, and the OpenGov Foundation. (October 2014)
  • Congressional Oversight of National Security: Reform Agenda, released by a coalition of organizations. (December 2014)

113th Congress

  • House Rules Changes: Sunlight’s Proposals for the 113th Congress (2012)

112th Congress

  • House Rules Changes: Sunlight’s Proposals for the 112th Congress. (September 2010)

Congressional Proposals

119th Congress

118th Congress

  • Proposals for Modernizing House Rules — Summary of Committee Members’ Day Recs for 118th Congress (December 2022)
  • Transcript of the Members’ Day Hearing (including written statements) (November 2022)

117th Congress

  • Summary of the House Rules Committee Members’ Day Hearing (October 2020)
  • Transcript of the Members’ Day Hearing (October 2020)
  • Congressional Progressive Caucus Center “Unrig the Rules Explainer” (October 2020)
  • Rules Committee Members’ Day Hearing Video (October 2020)

116th Congress

  • Section-By-Section Analysis of H. Res 6 Adopting the Rules for the 116th Congress (January 2019)
  • Adopting the Rules for the 116th Congress (January 2019) — H. Res 6
  • Members’ Day Hearing on Proposed Rules Changes for the 116th Congress (September 2018) (video)