Majority Cloture for Nominations : Implications and the "Nuclear" Proceedings.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Government Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Congress.

Executive-legislative relations.

Cloture.

Nominations for office.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (12 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Explains procedural context within which Senate set a precedent that lowered the vote threshold required by Senate Standing Rule XXII for invoking cloture on most Presidential nominations. Addresses effects of precedent on floor consideration of nominations and noting other potential effects on nominations process. Comments on effects and implications of precedent for future proposals to alter or reinterpret Senate rules through establishment of new precedent. Includes an appendix detailing key procedural steps by which precedent was set.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Government Division. Majority Cloture for Nominations

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