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The Discharge Rule in the House of Representatives

By: Richard S. Beth

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The Discharge Rule in the House of Representatives

By: Richard S. Beth

The 'discharge rule' of the House of Representatives allows a measure to come to the floor for consideration, even if the committee of referral does not report it and the leadership does not schedule it. To initiate this action, a majority of House Members must first sign a petition for that purpose. The rule permits either (1) the committee of referral to be discharged from the measure itself; or (2) the Committee on Rules to be discharged from a special rule for considering the measure. Layover periods required by the rule permit the Committee on Rules to pre-empt a discharge attempt, and recover control of the floor agenda, by securing adoption of an alternative special rule for considering the measure. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Function of the Discharge Rule; Pertinent Features of the Discharge Rule and their Development; Data Presented in This Report; Recent Discharge Attempts on Measures That Became Available for Floor Action; Use and Success of the Discharge Procedure; Frequency of Discharge Attempts; Use of the Three Forms of Discharge; Success of Discharge Attempts; Other Forms of Action on Measures Subjected to Discharge Attempts; Action After a Petition is Entered

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1590338731

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9781590338735

Senate Committee Activity

Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000

By: R. Eric Petersen,Richard S. Beth

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Senate Committee Activity

Action on Measures Referred, 1973-2000

By: R. Eric Petersen,Richard S. Beth

The use of committees as crucial centres of policymaking, oversight of federal agencies, and public education is an organising principle of the contemporary Congress. Committees are presumed to be the primary locus through which the work of Congress is organised, and where public policy proposals first receive substantive consideration. By using committees, the Senate enables itself to manage a large volume of legislative, investigative and oversight activity, and support the representational duties of Senators. The focus of the workload and activity indicators presented in this book is action on legislative measures referred to committees. These indicators illuminate certain kinds of congressional workload and activity. Contents: Introduction; Measures Referred; Action on Bills and Joint Resolutions Referred; Senate Committee Legislative Activity: by Congress; Senate Committee Legislative Activity: by Committee; List of Figures; List of Tables; Index.

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144

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Nova Publishers

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159033678X

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9781590336786

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

By: Richard S. Beth

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Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

By: Richard S. Beth

Contents: (1) Right to Debate: Right to Recognition; Right to Speak at Length and the Two-Speech Rule; Motion to Table; (2) Conduct of Filibusters (FB): Germaneness of Debate; Yielding the Floor and Yielding for Questions; Quorums and Quorum Calls; Roll Call Voting; Scheduling FB; (3) Invoking Cloture (CL): When CL May be Invoked: Timing of CL Motions; (4) Effects of Invoking CL: Time for Consid¿n. and Debate; Offering Amend. and Motions: Germane Amend. Only; Amend. in Writing; Multiple Amend.; Dilatory Amend. and Motions; Reading and Division of Amend.; Authority of the Presiding Officer; Bus. on the Senate Floor; (5) Impact of FB: Impact on the Time for Consid¿n.; Prospect of a FB: Holds; Linkage and Leverage; Consensus. Ill.

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1437931847

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Supreme Court Nominations

Senate Floor Procedure and Practice, 1789-2009

By: Richard S. Beth

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Supreme Court Nominations

Senate Floor Procedure and Practice, 1789-2009

By: Richard S. Beth

(1) Historical Trends in Floor Consid.: Begin. 1789-1834; Original Court, 1789; John Crittenden, 1828; Comm. Referral, 1835-1867; Robert Grier, 1846; Tyler Pres., 1844-45; Increased Formalization, 1868-1922; Wm. Woods, 1880; George Badger, 1853; Ebenezer Hoar, 1869; Calendar Call Formalized, 1922-67; Wm. Douglas, 1939; Unan. Consent Agree., 1968 to present; Wm. Rehnquist, 1971; (2) Character. of Floor Action: Forms and Varieties of Dispos.; Dispos. and the Extent of Oppos.; Length and Days of Floor Action; Extended Consid. and Oppos.; Procedural Complexity; Optional Procedural Actions; Calling Up Nomin.; Proceed. in the Course of Floor Action; Procedural Complexity and Oppos.; Relation Among Character. of Proceed.

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1437919944

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Supreme Democracy

The End of Elitism in Supreme Court Nominations

By: Richard Davis

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The End of Elitism in Supreme Court Nominations

By: Richard Davis

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0190656964

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The Discharge Rule in the House of Representatives

The Discharge Rule in the House of Representatives

Senate Committee Activity

Senate Committee Activity

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate

Supreme Court Nominations

Supreme Court Nominations

Supreme Democracy

Supreme Democracy

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