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In Congress, from the 113th to the 119th

A Register of the Bills that Died on their way to helping you

When in the course of legislative events a bill wins its vote and is never heard from again, a decent respect to the opinions of the people requires that someone write down where it died. This register records what each one would have done, the votes it won, the exact point where it stopped, and the official record to check it against.

20bills buried in this register so far
13won a majority vote and died anyway
11have been introduced in more than one Congress
3,743yea votes cast for bills that died

They had a majority

Each of these got more yeas than nays on a recorded vote and still never became law.

Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024

H.R. 7024, 118th Congress. Passed the House 357 to 70, then got 48 of the 60 Senate votes it needed to move forward.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, January 31, 2024. Motion to suspend the rules and pass (Roll no. 30).

357 yea, 70 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed

Senate, August 1, 2024. Cloture on the motion to proceed (Record vote 230).

48 yea, 44 nay, out of 100 seatsFailed, 12 short
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Lower Costs, More Transparency Act

H.R. 5378, 118th Congress. Passed the House 320 to 71 with majorities of both parties, and the Senate never took it up.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, December 11, 2023. Motion to suspend the rules and pass (Roll no. 708).

320 yea, 71 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act

H.R. 4639, 118th Congress. 123 Republicans and 96 Democrats voted for it in the House, and the Senate never took it up.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, April 17, 2024. On passage (Roll no. 136).

219 yea, 199 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Affordable Insulin Now Act

H.R. 6833, 117th Congress. The $35 cap survived for Medicare and fell three votes short for everyone with private insurance.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, March 31, 2022. On passage (Roll no. 102).

232 yea, 193 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed

Senate, August 7, 2022. Motion to waive the Byrd rule to keep the private-insurance cap in the Inflation Reduction Act.

57 yea, 43 nay, out of 100 seatsFailed, 3 short
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Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act

H.R. 3617, 117th Congress. Passed the House in 2020 and again in 2022, and the Senate never voted on it either time.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, April 1, 2022. On passage (Roll no. 107).

220 yea, 204 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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SAFE Banking Act of 2021

H.R. 1996, 117th Congress. Passed the House 321 to 101 with a majority of voting Republicans, and the Senate never voted.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, April 19, 2021. Motion to suspend the rules and pass (Roll no. 120).

321 yea, 101 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021

H.R. 1603, 117th Congress. Negotiated by farm groups and labor, passed the House with 30 Republicans, and never got a Senate vote.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, March 18, 2021. On passage.

247 yea, 174 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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American Dream and Promise Act of 2021

H.R. 6, 117th Congress. Passed the House in 2019 and 2021 and got a Senate hearing, never a Senate vote.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, March 18, 2021. On passage (Roll no. 91).

228 yea, 197 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act

H.R. 842, 117th Congress. Passed the House in 2020 and again in 2021, and never got a vote in the Senate.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, March 9, 2021. On passage.

225 yea, 206 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Iran War Powers Resolution

S.J.Res. 68, 116th Congress. Passed both chambers with bipartisan votes and died when the Senate could not override the veto.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

Senate, February 13, 2020. On passage.

55 yea, 45 nay, out of 100 seatsPassed

House, March 11, 2020. On passage (Roll no. 101).

227 yea, 186 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed

Senate, May 7, 2020. Override the President’s veto (Record vote 84).

49 yea, 44 nay, out of 100 seatsFailed, 13 short
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Yemen War Powers Resolution

S.J.Res. 7, 116th Congress. The first war powers resolution ever to pass both chambers, and it died on a veto.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

Senate, March 13, 2019. On passage (Record vote 48).

54 yea, 46 nay, out of 100 seatsPassed

House, April 4, 2019. On passage (Roll no. 153).

247 yea, 175 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed

Senate, May 2, 2019. Override the President’s veto (Record vote 94).

53 yea, 45 nay, out of 100 seatsFailed, 13 short
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Raise the Wage Act

H.R. 582, 116th Congress. Passed the House and sat on the Senate calendar until the Congress ended.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, July 18, 2019. On passage (Roll no. 496).

231 yea, 199 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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Private Property Rights Protection Act of 2013

H.R. 1944, 113th Congress. Passed the House four times since 2005 without a single Senate vote.

IntroducedCommitteeFirst chamberSecond chamberPresidentLawdied here

House, February 26, 2014. Motion to suspend the rules and pass.

353 yea, 65 nay, out of 435 seatsPassed
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