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Committee Funding and Staff in the Senate

Description: The Senate authorizes funds for two years for each of its committees (except appropriations and ethics) through an omnibus resolution, recommended by the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and adopted by the full Senate at the beginning of each Congress.
Date: March 27, 2001
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.
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"Sense of" Resolutions and Provisions

Description: One or both houses of Congress may formally express opinions about subjects of current national interest through freestanding simple or concurrent resolutions (called generically "sense of the House," "sense of the Senate," or "sense of the Congress" resolutions). These opinions may also be added to pending legislative measures by amendments expressing the views of one or both chambers. This fact sheet identifies the various forms such expressions may take and the procedures governing such acti… more
Date: March 7, 2001
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S.
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Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 107th Congress

Description: Senate action on its committee funding for the 107th Congress was modified as a result of the power-sharing agreement established by S. Res. 8 of January 5, 2001.1 This agreement assures Republicans and Democrats of equal staffing resources on all committees, and supplants Senate rules that require minority party control of at least one-third of each committee’s staff positions. Despite some delays in its normal timetable, the Senate, on March 8, 2001, agreed to a biennial funding resolution by… more
Date: March 30, 2001
Creator: Rundquist, Paul S. & Petersen, R. Eric
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