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Inside Congress: A Guide for Navigating the Politics of the House and Senate Floors

Autor Trevor Corning, Reema Dodin, Kyle W. Nevins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 ian 2017
Required reading for anyone who wants to understand how to work within Congress.

The House and Senate have unique rules and procedures to determine how legislation moves from a policy idea to law. Evolved over the last 200 years, the rules of both chambers are designed to act as the engine for that process. Each legislative body has its own leadership positions to oversee this legislative process.

To the novice, whether a newly elected representative, a lawmaker’s staff on her first day at work, or a constituent visiting Washington, the entire process can seem incomprehensible. What is an open rule for a House Appropriations bill and how does it affect consideration? Why are unanimous consent agreements needed in the Senate?

The authors of Inside Congress, all congressional veterans, have written the definitive guide to how Congress really works. It is the accessible and necessary resource to understanding and interpreting procedural tools, arcane precedents, and the role of party politics in the making of legislation in Congress.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780815727323
ISBN-10: 0815727321
Pagini: 60
Dimensiuni: 111 x 178 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.1 kg
Editura: Brookings Institution Press
Colecția Brookings Institution Press

Notă biografică

Trevor Corning spent more than four years at Brookings educating all levels of government and the private sector on how to engage with the U.S. government while also managing the Brookings Legislative Fellows program. As a member of CHIEF’s strategy team, Corning helps organizations reach their true potential by designing and delivering strategic plans and messaging platforms and translating complex ideas into easy-to-read content.

Reema Dodin serves as floor director to the Assistant Democratic Leader, Senator Richard Durbin, where she runs the whip operation for the Senate Democratic caucus. Prior to her current role, Reema served as Senator Durbin’s floor counsel and research director and as an aide to his Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law.

Kyle W. Nevins has over a decade of congressional experience, serving in a variety of staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is cofounder and partner at Harbinger Strategies, a government relations firm based in Washington, DC.

Cuprins

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