How to Use concurrent resolution in a Sentence

concurrent resolution

noun

• Both the Senate and the House of Representatives must pass a concurrent resolution before any joint session can occur.
  — National Geographic, 25 Jan. 2019
• An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
  — Theo Francis, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2018
• The law allows the Legislature to terminate an emergency at any time through a concurrent resolution.
  — Andy Davis, Arkansas Online, 24 Feb. 2021
• However, a joint resolution would need a veto-proof majority in the House and Senate, which is not needed for a concurrent resolution.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2020
• That determination would be the work of lawmakers and the governor, who would have to memorialize these findings in a concurrent resolution.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Feb. 2022
• The measure, which passed in the Senate on Monday and in the House on Tuesday, was purposely introduced as a joint resolution, which requires the president’s signature, rather than a concurrent resolution, which does not.
  — Margaret Hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, 13 Sep. 2017
• If the House approves the concurrent resolution, the task force will consist of lawmakers from both bodies, activists, law enforcement and defense bar representatives, academics and youth leaders.
  — Washington Examiner, 15 June 2020
• The Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to send to the full Senate a concurrent resolution to form the interim committee that would meet over the summer.
  — USA TODAY, 12 Feb. 2020
• Lawmakers could have terminated the public health emergency by approving a concurrent resolution.
  — Rachel Herzog, Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024