resolution

Examples of resolution in the following topics:

• Budget Resolutions

  • The budget resolution also sets spending ceilings for the Congressional committees that have jurisdiction over spending.
  • The budget resolution binds Congress, but it is not law since it is not sent to the President.
  • In some instances, Congress has not adopted a budget resolution.
  • No penalty exists if the budget resolution is not completed by April 15th or if it is not completed at all.
  • However, some enforceable spending ceilings cannot be established until the budget resolution is completed.

• Resolving Conflicts

  • The judiciary also provides a mechanism for the resolution of disputes.
  • More narrowly, dispute resolution is the process of resolving disputes between parties.
  • The legal system provides a necessary structure for the resolution of many disputes.
  • Some disputes need the coercive power of the state to enforce a resolution.
  • The most common form of judicial dispute resolution is litigation.

• The Cost of Maintaining the Government

  • The Budget committees each submit a budget resolution by April 1.
  • Budget resolutions specify funding levels for appropriations committees and subcommittees.
  • Congress has then enacted continuing resolutions that provide for the temporary funding of government operations.
  • The next step is the drafting of a budget resolution.
  • A budget resolution, which is one form of a concurrent resolution, binds Congress, but is not a law, and so does not require the President's signature.

• Political Strife and American Independence

  • On May 10, 1776, Congress passed a resolution recommending that any colony lacking a proper (i.e. a revolutionary) government should form such.
  • The resolution of independence was delayed for several weeks as revolutionaries consolidated support for independence in their home governments.
  • On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee tabled a resolution before the Continental Congress declaring the colonies independent.
  • Congress would formally adopt the resolution of independence, but only after creating three overlapping committees to draft the Declaration, a Model Treaty, and the Articles of Confederation.
  • Congress finally approved the resolution of independence on July 2, 1776.

• Arbitration

  • Arbitration is a form of dispute resolution that can be used to resolve international commercial, investment, and interstate conflicts.
  • Arbitration, a form of alternative dispute resolution, is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, where the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons by whose decision they agree to be bound.
  • It is a resolution technique in which a third party reviews the evidence in the case and imposes a decision that is legally binding for both sides and enforceable.
  • Arbitration is often used for the resolution of commercial disputes, particularly in the context of international commercial transactions.
  • Arbitration has been used for centuries for the resolution of disputes between states and state-like entities.

• The Conflict-Resolution Function

  • Both the Senate and the House have a conflict-resolution procedure before a bill is passed as a piece of legislation.
  • Joint resolutions are the normal way to propose a constitutional amendment or declare war.
  • On the other hand, concurrent resolutions (passed by both houses) and simple resolutions (passed by only one house) do not have the force of law, but they express the opinion of Congress or regulate procedure.
  • It begins with an enacting formula such as "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled. " Consideration of a bill requires, itself, a rule which is a simple resolution specifying the particulars of debate—time limits, possibility of further amendments, and such.

• The 19th Amendment

• The 23rd Amendment

  • The amendment (as a resolution) was passed by Congress on August 22, 1978, but failed to be ratified by the required 38 states prior to its expiration on August 22, 1985.
  • Joint Resolution Proposing the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution.

• The Legislative Function

  • In order to form a bill or resolution, first the House Financial Services committee meets.
  • A joint resolution, which differs little from a bill since both are treated similarly.
  • However, a joint resolution originates from the House.
  • A Concurrent Resolutions, which affects both House and Senate and thus are not presented to the president for approval later.
  • Simple resolutions, which concern only the House or only the Senate.

• Impeachment and Removal from Office

  • The House debates the resolution and at the conclusion may consider the resolution as a whole or vote on each article of impeachment individually.
  • A simple majority of those present and voting is required for each article or the resolution as a whole to pass.
  • Recently, managers have been selected by resolution, while historically the House would occasionally elect the managers or pass a resolution allowing the appointment of managers at the discretion of the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
  • Also, the House will adopt a resolution in order to notify the Senate of its action.