Inside Congress : a guide for navigating the politics of the House and Senate floors /: a guide for navigating the politics of the House and Senate floors. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Trevor Corning, Reema Dodin, Kyle W. Nevins.
• Authors: Corning, Trevor; Dodin, Reema; Nevins, Kyle W
• Contents: Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction and Overview: Two Chambers, Two Ways The House of Representatives: Where the Majority Party Rules The Ways and Means and Appropriations Committees The Congressional Calendar The Legislative Process Leadership Structure The Rules Committee Rules of the House Types of Special Rules Open Rule Modified Open Rule Structured and Closed Rules Committee of the Whole Floor Procedure The Senate: Where Debate and Deals Rule Basics of Legislation in the Senate The Senate Calendar and Considerations of Time The Use of Cloture Life Cycles in the Senate Types of Bills Taking Votes Working through the Process and the Role of the Majority Majority Rule Versus Consent Germaneness Committees Amendments and the Amendment Tree Getting a Bill to the Floor The Standard Committee Process The Rule 14 Process HR Vehicle 71 Consent, or “Hotlining” Privileged or Other Special Vehicles: Conferences, House Messages, Statutory Items Substituting a New Text, and Amendment to a Moving Vehicle, Bill Packages Procedural Tools in the Senate Common Moves and Terms Fast-Moving or Unusual Vehicles Changes in the Senate Rules The Senate as a Whole Conclusion Appendixes: A. Sample House Weekly Schedule B. Sample House Rules Committee Structured Rule C. Sample Senate Hotline Email D. Samples of Most Common Amendment Trees
• Publisher Details: Washington, D.C : Brookings Institution Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 325.73; Legislation -- United States; Legislation; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties; Legislation; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780815727354; 0815727356; 9780815727347; 0815727348
• Related ISBNs: 9780815727323; 0815727321
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