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050	1	4	_aO45c 2007
100	1		_aOleszek, Walter J.
245	1	0	_aCongressional procedures and the policy process / _cWalter J. Oleszek.
250			_a7th ed.
260			_aWashington, D.C. : _bCQ Press, _cc2007.
300			_axvii, 364 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-349) and index.
505	0		_a1. Congress and lawmaking -- The Constitutional context -- Functions of rules and procedures -- Rules and policymaking in Congress -- Congressional decision making -- The House and Senate compared -- Pressures on members -- 2. The Congressional budget process -- Authorization-appropriations process -- Prelude to budget reform -- The 1974 Budget Act -- Evolution of the budget process -- A brief surplus era -- The challenge ahead -- 3. Preliminary legislative action -- Categories of legislation -- Bill referral procedure -- Consideration in committee -- The committee chair's role -- Committee hearings -- The markup -- The report -- Bypassing committees -- 4. Scheduling legislation in the House -- The House legislative calendars -- Minor and noncontroversial bills -- Privileged legislation -- Major legislation -- Legislation blocked in committee -- Final scheduling steps -- 5. House floor procedure -- Adoption of the rule -- Committee of the whole -- General debate -- The amending process -- Voting -- Final procedural steps -- 6. Scheduling legislation in the Senate -- Flexible scheduling system -- Noncontroversial bills -- Major legislation -- Unanimous consent agreements -- The track system -- Scheduling procedures compared -- 7. Senate floor procedure -- Legislative and calendar days -- Daily order of business -- Debate in the modern Senate -- Bills considered by unanimous consent -- The amending process -- Bills without unanimous consent -- Procedures to circumvent committees -- 8. Resolving House-Senate differences -- Obscurity of the process -- Agreement without a conference -- Preconference considerations -- Conference committee process -- Presidential approval or veto -- 9. Legislative oversight -- Oversight : an overview -- Techniques of oversight -- Impeachment -- Oversight trends and incentives -- Lack of consensus on oversight -- 10. A dynamic process -- Glossary of Congressional terms.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCongress _vRules and practice.
650		0	_aLegislation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aParliamentary practice _zUnited States.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip079/2007002110.html
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