The House of Representatives expresses its sense that the Senate's filibuster rules are contrary to the Constitution's design of two co-equal.
The House of Representatives finds that the Senate's current filibuster rules are contrary to the constitutional design of two co-equal majoritarian legislative bodies. These rules are non-deliberative in practice, disenfranchise Members of the House of Representatives and their constituents, and disrupt the proper balance of powers between the two chambers of Congress. The House believes that the Senate should reform or abolish its cloture and filibuster rules to restore the principle of majority rule.
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