concurrent resolution

noun

a resolution adopted by both branches of a legislative assembly that, unlike a joint resolution, does not require the signature of the chief executive.

Origin of concurrent resolution

First recorded in 1795–1805

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A concurrent resolution providing for an amendment to the State constitution to give full suffrage to women was also introduced.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI | Various
Thus, Mr. Sumner would have removed the President by an ordinary concurrent resolution of Congress.
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States | Edmund G. Ross
The Joint Committee on Reconstruction was immediately re-appointed by a concurrent resolution.
The Struggle between President Johnson and Congress over Reconstruction | Charles Ernest Chadsey

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