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March 9, 2006

March 9, 2006. Rules and Procedures CQ Headline Information on the Mid-Term. House Scheduling House Legislative Calendars Union, House, Private, Corrections (Consent) and Discharge Calendars of the House of Representatives and History of Legislation Suspension of the Rules

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March 9, 2006

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  1. March 9, 2006 • Rules and Procedures • CQ Headline • Information on the Mid-Term

  2. House Scheduling • House Legislative Calendars • Union, House, Private, Corrections (Consent) and Discharge • Calendars of the House of Representatives and History of Legislation • Suspension of the Rules • Privileged Legislation • Appropriations, Budget, House Administration, Rules, and Standards of Official Conduct • Special Rules • Open, Closed, and Modified • Waiver Rules • Creative Rules • Structured, Self-Executing, King-of-the-Hill, Multiple-Stage • GOP Innovations • Queen-of-the-Hill, Time-Structured, Bifurcated • Blocked Bills • Discharge Petition, Extraction, Calendar Wednesday • Whip Notice

  3. House Floor Procedure • Adoption of the Rule • Committee of the Whole • Points of difference: mace, presiding officer, quorum, amendments rule, previous question, recorded vote, motion to recommit • General Debate • Floor Manager • Delaying Tactics • Amending Process • Five-Minute Rule • Committee and Floor Amendments • Riders • Germaneness Rule • Tests: Fundamental Purpose, Subject Matter, Committee Jurisdiction • Substitute Amendments • Degrees of Amendments • Motions to Recommit • Final Action

  4. Senate Scheduling • Flexible Scheduling • Classifying Measures • Calendar of General Orders – all legislation • Executive Calendar – treaties and nominations • Noncontrovertial Bills – called by unanimous consent, enacted with no debate • Majority Leader – first recognition • Major Legislation • One-Day/Two-Day Rules • Holds (Secret Holds) • Unanimous Consent Agreements • Types: Simple and Complex • Action Forcers • Bargaining Chips • Partisanship • Track System

  5. Senate Floor Procedure • Legislative Day versus Calendar Day • Daily Order of Business • Prayer, Pledge, Leaders • Morning Hour and Morning Business • Debate • Floor Manager • Bills Considered by Unanimous Consent • Amending Process • Unless UCA states otherwise, open to amendment at any point • No general germaneness rule • No 3rd degree amendments except by UC • No debate limit • Points of order at any time • Members can modify or withdraw amendments before action taken • Strategic Uses • Filling the Amendment Tree • Second-Degree Strategy • Poison-Pill Approach • Make-a-Point Amendments • November Amendments • Voting on Amendments – Voice, Division (Standing) and Roll Call

  6. Senate Bills Without UCA • Filibuster • Informal Compromise • Cloture • Circumventing Committees • Nongermane Amendments • Placing Measures on the Calendar • Suspension of the Rules • Discharge Petitions

  7. House/Senate Differences • Agreement without Conference • Same Bill or “Ping-Pong” Approach • Conference Committee Process • Requesting a Conference • Selecting Conferees • Bargaining • Filing the Conference Report • Floor Action on Conference Report

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