Bill H.R.8404 titled “Respect for Marriage Act” was referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary by the House of Representatives. The bill is sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler with Alma Adams, Pete Aguilar, Colin Allred, Jake Auchincloss, Cynthia Axne, Nanette Barragan, Karen Bass, Joyce Beatty, Ami Bera, Donald Beyer, Earl Blumenauer, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Jamaal Bowman, Brendan Boyle, Anthony Brown, Julia Brownley, Cheri Bustos, Salud Carbajal, Tony Cárdenas, Andre Carson, Troy Carter, Sean Casten, Kathy Castor, Joaquin Castro, Judy Chu, David Cicilline, Katherine Clark, Emanuel Cleaver, Steve Cohen, Gerald Connolly, James Cooper, J. Correa, Jim Costa, Angie Craig, Charlie Crist, Jason Crow, Sharice Davids, Danny Davis, Madeleine Dean, Peter Defazio, Diana Degette, Suzan Delbene, Mark Desaulnier, Theodore Deutch, Debbie Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Mike Doyle, Anna Eshoo, Adriano Espaillat, Dwight Evans, Lizzie Fletcher, Bill Foster, Ruben Gallego, John Garamendi, Sylvia Garcia, Jimmy Gomez, Josh Gottheimer, Al Green, Raúl Grijalva, Jahana Hayes, Brian Higgins, James Himes, Steven Horsford, Sheila Jackson Lee, Sara Jacobs, Pramila Jayapal, Hakeem Jeffries, Henry Johnson, Mondaire Jones, Kaiali'i Kahele, Marcy Kaptur, William Keating, Robin Kelly, Daniel Kildee, Derek Kilmer, Andy Kim, Ann Kirkpatrick, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ann Kuster, James Langevin, Rick Larsen, John Larson, Brenda Lawrence, Al Lawson, Barbara Lee, Teresa Leger Fernandez, Andy Levin, Ted Lieu, Alan Lowenthal, Stephen Lynch, Tom Malinowski, Carolyn Maloney, Sean Maloney, Doris Matsui, Betty Mccollum, A. Mceachin, Jerry Mcnerney, Gregory Meeks, Grace Meng, Kweisi Mfume, Gwen Moore, Joseph Morelle, Seth Moulton, Stephanie Murphy, Grace Napolitano, Joe Neguse, Donald Norcross, Eleanor Norton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Frank Pallone, Chris Pappas, William Pascrell, Donald Payne, Ed Perlmutter, Dean Phillips, Chellie Pingree, Mark Pocan, Katie Porter, Ayanna Pressley, Mike Quigley, Jamie Raskin, Deborah Ross, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Raul Ruiz, Linda Sánchez, John Sarbanes, Janice Schakowsky, Adam Schiff, Bradley Schneider, Robert Scott, Terri Sewell, Mikie Sherrill, Elissa Slotkin, Adam Smith, Darren Soto, Abigail Spanberger, Jackie Speier, Melanie Stansbury, Greg Stanton, Haley Stevens, Marilyn Strickland, Eric Swalwell, Mark Takano, Mike Thompson, Dina Titus, Rashida Tlaib, Paul Tonko, Ritchie Torres, Lori Trahan, David Trone, Lauren Underwood, Nydia Velazquez, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Peter Welch, Susan Wild, Nikema Williams, Frederica Wilson, John Yarmuth as cosponsors.
The Judiciary Committee moves forward in some way on two bills per day, taking one action on average per day.
Most bills have a hearing where those involved explain why they are for or against the bill. Roughly 8,000 bills are addressed by committees each year but only about 800 make it to the floor of Congress, according to ushistory.org.
A 2019 report from the Brookings Institute argued committees aren’t capable of delving fully into the issues they address and are forced to rely on lobbyists.
| Bill Name | Sponsor | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Respect for Marriage Act | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold | House of Representatives |
