VotedBy VotedBy ⌕
Election Day · Tue, Nov 3See how your members of Congress voted →

H.Res. 105 · 115th Congress

Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that an Independent Judiciary is Fundamental to American…

Full title

Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that an Independent Judiciary is Fundamental to American Democracy.

Key: what the circles and colors mean

Each circle is a bill. The ring fills as it moves through Congress:

IntroducedPassed one chamberPassed both chambersBecame law (gold)Resolution agreed to (full, dark)Failed or vetoed (gray)

Under the number: the Yea · Nay count of its final (or latest) recorded vote. On a member's page, the small badge is how that member voted: Y Yea / Aye, N Nay / No, P Present, – Not voting.

Gold and violet are only for Yea and Nay; they never mean a party. A member's party is the letter on their photo.

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 115th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JND NadlerSponsor
56 cosponsors · 56 D
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Feb 7, 2017

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that:

  • the legislative, executive, and judicial branches are co-equal;
  • an independent judiciary is fundamental to the checks and balances embodied by the separation of powers, is essential to maintaining respect for the rule of law, and is critical to our constitutional democracy;
  • attacks against the judiciary threaten to weaken public confidence in the courts; and
  • it is inappropriate for sitting Presidents or other government officials to engage in ad hominem attacks against a judge, to otherwise place political pressure designed to undermine the independence of that judge, or to erode trust in the court system.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives that an Independent Judiciary is Fundamental to American Democracy.

Latest action (Feb 7, 2017): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Policy area: Law · Origin: House · Introduced: Feb 7, 2017

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.