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Congressional procedures and the policy process / Walter J. Oleszek (Congressional Research Service), Mark J. Oleszek (Congressional Research Service), Elizabeth Rybicki (Congressional Research Service), Bill Heniff Jr. (Congressional Research Service).
LIBRA KF4937 .O44 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oleszek, Walter J., author.
- Oleszek, Mark J., author.
- Rybicki, Elizabeth, author.
- Heniff, Bill, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legislation--United States.
- Legislation.
- Parliamentary practice--United States.
- Parliamentary practice.
- United States.
- United States. Congress--Rules and practice.
- United States. Congress.
- Genre:
- Rules.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 467 pages : illustrations, charts, plans ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Eleventh edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, Inc., [2020]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Congress and Lawmaking
- The Constitutional Context
- Functions of Rules and Procedures
- Rules and Policymaking in Congress
- Congressional Decision Making
- The House and Senate Compared
- Pressures on Members
- ch. 2 The Congressional Budget Process
- Authorization-Appropriations Process
- Establishing a Congressional Budget Process
- Evolution of Statutory Budget Procedures
- Case Study: The Government Shutdown of 2013
- ch. 3 Preliminary Legislative Action
- Categories of Legislation
- Bill Referral Procedure
- Consideration in Committee
- The Committee Chair's Role
- Committee Hearings
- The Markup
- Committee Markup Procedures
- The Report
- Bypassing Committees
- ch. 4 Scheduling Legislation in the House
- The House Legislative Calendars
- Minor and Noncontroversial Measures
- Privileged Legislation
- Major Legislation
- Promises of Openness by the Majority Party
- Legislation Blocked in Committee
- Final Scheduling Steps
- ch. 5 House Floor Procedure
- Debate
- Voting
- Consideration of Major Legislation
- Final Procedural Steps
- Opposition Tactics
- ch. 6 Scheduling Legislation in the Senate
- Legislative and Calendar Days
- Calendars and Rule XIV
- Motion to Proceed to Consider a Bill
- Bills Taken Up by Unanimous Consent
- Bills Privileged for Consideration
- Clearance
- Holds
- Executive Business
- Major Scheduling Considerations
- ch. 7 Senate Floor Procedure
- Debate and the Filibuster
- Cloture
- The Amending Process
- Principle of Precedence and the Amendment Trees
- Unanimous Consent Agreements and the Amending Process
- Strategic Uses of Amendments
- Quorum and Voting Procedures
- Procedural Change in the Senate
- ch. 8 Resolving House-Senate Differences
- Procedural Methods for Reaching Agreement
- Amendment Exchange Between the Chambers
- Preconference Considerations
- Conference Committee Process
- Presidential Approval or Veto
- Case Study: A Procedural Sketch: The Surface Transportation Conference, 2012
- ch. 9 Legislative Oversight
- Oversight: An Overview
- Techniques of Oversight
- Impeachment
- Oversight Trends and Incentives
- Lack of Consensus on Oversight
- ch. 10 A Dynamic Process
- Observations About Lawmaking
- Centralization of Authority in the Speakership
- Congress and the Information Age
- Resurgence of Sharp Partisanship.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-456) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781506367491
- 1506367496
- OCLC:
- 1099540029
- Publisher Number:
- 99989521698
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