Constitution Jefferson's Manual and Rules of the House of Representatives of the U. S. (House Rules and Manual)

Constitution Jefferson's Manual and Rules of the House of Representatives of the U. S. (House Rules and Manual)
Author: House of Representatives
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 1514
Release: 2017-09-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780160939570
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The House Rules and Manual contains the fundamental source material for parliamentary procedure used in the House of Representatives: the Constitution of the United States; applicable provisions of Jefferson's Manual; Rules of the House (as of the date of this preface); provisions of law and resolutions having the force of Rules of the House; and pertinent decisions of the Speakers and other presiding officers of the House and Committee of the Whole interpreting the rules and other procedural authority used in the House of Representatives. The rules for the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress were adopted on January 3, 2017, when the House agreed to House Resolution 5. In addition to a series of changes to various standing rules, House Resolution 5 included separate free-standing orders constituting procedures to be followed in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. Explanations of the changes to the standing rules appear in the annotations following each rule in the text of this Manual.

House Practice

House Practice
Author: William Holmes Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1036
Release: 2003
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:
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House Committee Markups

House Committee Markups
Author: Michael L. Koempel
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437930042
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A principal responsibility of a comm. in the U.S. House of Rep. is to conduct markups ¿ to select legislation to consider, debate and vote on amend. to it (to mark up), and report their recomm. to the House. This manual examines procedures and strategy related to comm. markups and provides sample procedural scripts. Contents: Introduction; Comm. Rules; Procedural Restrictions on Markups; Referral of Legislation; Considerations Prior to Markup; Procedural Strategy and the Choice of a Markup Vehicle; Beginning a Markup; Reading a Measure for Amend.; Points of Order; Motions; Voting; Reporting a Measure; Comm. Reports; Options for House Floor Consideration; Considerations in a Two-House Strategy; and Role of Committee and Staff.

The Lobbying Manual

The Lobbying Manual
Author: William V. Luneburg
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 948
Release: 2009
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781604424645
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This ABA bestseller provides detailed guidance for compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act. It gives practical examples of how to be compliant, and covers all of the major federal statutes and regulations that govern the practice of federal lobbying. The book offers invaluable descriptions of the legislative and executive branch decision-making processes that lobbyists seek to influence, the constraints that apply to lobbyist participation in political campaigns, grassroots lobbying, ethics issues, and more.