WASHINGTON - U.S. Congresswoman Candice Miller (MI-10) today announce a series of new rules proposed by House Republicans, including members-elect, for the upcoming 112th Congress. Since November, Miller has been serving as a member of the Majority Transition team to manage the transition to a new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives for the new Congress. The Transition team was charged with reviewing all House procedures and structures, with the goal of ensuring the new Congress can get to work immediately on the priorities of the American people. The new rules are set to be voted on in the beginning of the 112th Congress.

“My first vote in the new 112th Congress will be to adopt these new rules to improve the way government functions, provide the American people with transparency and ensure that every constituent’s voice would be heard each and every day in Congress,” Miller said. “As a member of the Transition team, I worked to ensure that our new rules for Congress will 100% keep our Pledge to America and reform the very way Congress conducts business every day to better serve the American people. My colleagues and I listened to the American people, and our new standards of governing will see to it that from day one of the 112th Congress our work will reflect the priorities of those we represent and get our nation back on the road to prosperity.”

The reforms recommended by the transition team and are expected to be adopted as the new House rules are:
• Requirement for every bill to cite its specific constitutional authority and for every bill to be available online for the American people to read and review;
• A prohibition on the consideration of any “suspension” bill that creates a new program unless it eliminates or reduces a program of equal or greater size, also known as “cut-as-you-go;”
• A prohibition on the consideration of any “suspension” bill that increases authorizations, appropriations, or direct spending in any given year unless fully offset;
• And, for the first time among either party, a requirement that internal Republican Conference rules and resolutions are made available online for the American people to read and review http://rules-republicans.house.gov/News/Read.aspx?id=442.

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