How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title How Measures Are Brought to the House Floor: A Brief Introduction

Creator

  • Author: Davis, Christopher M.
    Creator Type: Personal
    Creator Info: Analyst on Congress and the Legislative Process

Publisher

  • Name: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
    Place of Publication: Washington D.C.

Date

  • Creation: 2012-11-02

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Report that presents a brief description of the five parliamentary methods used to bring proposed legislation to the House floor for consideration. These methods allow for consideration as a privileged matter, under the limited privilege of a special calendar or day, under suspension of the rules, under the terms of a special rule, or by unanimous consent.
  • Physical Description: 9 pages.

Subject

  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Legislation
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Congress
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Legislative procedure
  • Legislative Indexing Vocabulary: Bill drafting

Primary Source

  • Item is not a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States

Collection

  • Name: Congressional Research Service Reports
    Code: CRSR

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • CRS Report Number: RS20067
  • Accession or Local Control No: RS20067_2012Nov02
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc228087
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