Parliamentary reference sources of Congress : House and Senate governing procedures / Abigail L. Hanley, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hanley, Abigail L., editor.

Series:

Congressional policies, practices and procedures series.

Congressional Policies, Practices and Procedures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--Rules and practice.

United States.

Legislative bodies--United States.

Legislative bodies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (151 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

House and Senate procedures are not based solely on the standing rules of each chamber. Instead, their foundation rests on a combination of the standing rules, precedents (which are primarily created by decisions on points of order and guided by responses to parliamentary inquiries), informal parliamentary practices which have become accepted traditions and are sometimes cited as precedent, rule-making statutes, party caucus rules, and constitutional mandates. This book defines these concepts, discusses their relationship, and describes the official parliamentary reference sources from which t

Contents:

""PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES OF CONGRESS: HOUSE AND SENATE GOVERNING PROCEDURES""; ""PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES OF CONGRESS: HOUSE AND SENATE GOVERNING PROCEDURES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES: AN INTRODUCTORY GUIDE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""POINTS OF ORDER, PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRIES, AND PRECEDENTS""; ""HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES""; ""UNITED STATES SENATE""; ""APPENDIX I: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OFFICIAL PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES""

""APPENDIX H: OTHER PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES""""Chapter 2: PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PRINCIPLES OF HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE""; ""THE HOUSE MANUAL AND AUTHORITIES IT CONTAINS""; ""OFFICIAL COMPILATIONS OF PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE""; ""ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES""; ""CONGRESSIONAL RECORD � HOUSE JANUARY 30, 1995""; ""RULES OF INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE HOUSE""; ""OTHER CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON PROCEDURE""; ""APPENDIX A. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES""

""APPENDIX B. HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET""""Chapter 3: PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES: SENATE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PRINCIPLES OF SENATE PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE""; ""THE SENATE MANUAL AND AUTHORITIES IT CONTAINS""; ""OTHER OFFICIAL SENATE PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITIES""; ""PUBLICATIONS OF COMMITTEES AND OFFICES OF THE SENATE""; ""RULES OF SENATE PARTY CONFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A. SENATE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES""; ""APPENDIX B. SENATE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-800-X

OCLC:

900408850