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| About the Author | |
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| Tables, Figures, and Boxes | |
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| Preface | |
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| Congress and Lawmaking | |
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| The Constitutional Context | |
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| Functions of Rules and Procedures | |
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| Rules and Policymaking in Congress | |
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| Congressional Decision Making | |
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| The House and Senate Compared | |
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| Pressures on Members | |
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| The Congressional Budget Process | |
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| Authorization-Appropriations Process | |
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| Prelude to Budget Reform | |
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| Evolution of the Budget Process | |
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| The Challenge Ahead | |
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| Preliminary Legislative Action | |
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| Categories of Legislation | |
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| Bill Referral Procedure | |
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| Consideration in Committee | |
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| The Committee Chair's Role | |
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| Committee Hearings | |
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| The Markup | |
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| Committee Markup Procedures | |
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| The Report | |
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| Bypassing Committees | |
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| Scheduling Legislation in the House | |
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| The House Legislative Calendars | |
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| Minor and Noncontroversial Measures | |
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| Privileged Legislation | |
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| Major Legislation | |
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| Promises of Openness by the Majority Party | |
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| Legislation Blocked in Committee | |
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| Final Scheduling Steps | |
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| House Floor Procedure | |
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| Adoption of the Rule | |
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| Committee of the Whole | |
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| General Debate | |
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| The Amending Process | |
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| Voting | |
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| Final Procedural Steps | |
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| Scheduling Legislation in the Senate | |
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| Noncontroversial Bills | |
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| Major Legislation | |
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| Unanimous Consent Agreements | |
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| The Track System | |
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| Scheduling Procedures Compared | |
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| Senate Floor Procedure | |
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| Legislative and Calendar Days | |
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| Daily Order of Business | |
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| Debate in the Modern Senate | |
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| Bills Considered by Unanimous Consent | |
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| The Amending Process | |
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| Bills Without Unanimous Consent | |
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| Procedures to Circumvent Committees | |
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| Resolving House-Senate Differences | |
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| Obscurity of the Process | |
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| Agreement Without a Conference | |
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| Preconference Considerations | |
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| Conference Committee Process | |
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| Presidential Approval or Veto | |
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| Case Study: A Procedural Sketch: The Surface Transport Conference, 2012 | |
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| Legislative Oversight | |
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| Oversight: An Overview | |
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| Techniques of Oversight | |
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| Impeachment | |
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| Oversight Trends and Incentives | |
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| Lack of Consensus on Oversight | |
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| A Dynamic Process | |
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| Observations About Lawmaking | |
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| Glossary of Congressional Terms | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Internet Sources | |
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| Index | |