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Congressional Statistics: Bills Introduced and Laws Enacted, 1947-2003
This report is designed to fill the need for a simple tabulation of legislative workload. It provides the numbers of bills and joint resolutions introduced, and the numbers of public and private laws enacted, from the 80' Congress through the 108th Congress, first session (1947-2003).
Date:
March 3, 2004
Creator:
Manning, Jennifer E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Floor Procedure in the House of Representatives: A Brief Overview
The House considers bills and resolutions on the floor under several different sets of procedures governing the time for debate and the opportunities for amendment. Some procedures allow 40 or 60 minutes for debate; others permit debate to continue until a majority of Members vote to end it. Some procedures prohibit most or all floor amendments; others allow Members to offer any amendments that meet the requirements of the House’s rules and precedents. Notwithstanding these differences, the rules, precedents, and practices of the House generally are designed to permit the majority to work its will in a timely manner. This report provides a brief overview of this procedure.
Date:
March 15, 2005
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The House's Corrections Calendar
This report discusses the establishment of the “Corrections Day”, a concept credited to Michigan Governor John Englerwhich, which is a procedure for repealing “the dumbest things the federal government is currently doing and just abolish them.”
Date:
March 28, 2001
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Discharge Rule in the House: Principal Features and Uses
The “discharge rule” of the House of Representatives allows a measure to come to the floor for consideration, even if the committee of referral does not report it and the leadership does not schedule it. To initiate this action, a majority of House Members must first sign a petition for that purpose. The rule permits either (1) the committee of referral to be discharged from the measure itself; or (2) the Committee on Rules to be discharged from a special rule for considering the measure. Layover periods required by the rule permit the Committee on Rules to preempt a discharge attempt, and recover control of the floor agenda, by securing adoption of an alternative special rule for considering the measure.
Date:
March 26, 2001
Creator:
Beth, Richard S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Agriculture and Fast Track Trade Legislation
The 107th Congress is expected to consider new "fast track" (or, Presidential trade promotion) authority, which could enable the Administration to submit trade agreements negotiated with foreign countries to Congress for consideration under expedited procedures. Many agricultural and food industry interests are among the export-oriented enterprises that support fast track authority, arguing that foreign trading partners will not seriously negotiate with an Administration that lacks it. However, some agricultural groups argue that fast track ultimately will lead to new agreements that deliver more benefits to foreign than to U.S. producers, at least in some commodity sectors.
Date:
March 27, 2001
Creator:
Becker, Geoffrey S. & Hanrahan, Charles E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Arranging Witnesses
This report briefly discusses the process of selecting and arranging witnesses for House committee hearings.
Date:
March 15, 2001
Creator:
Carr, Thomas P.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Types of Committee Hearings
None
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Senate Conferees: Their Selection and Authority
None
Date:
March 31, 2003
Creator:
Rybicki, Elizabeth & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Calendar of Business
None
Date:
March 26, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Senate's Executive Calendar
None
Date:
March 26, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Committee Hearings: Preparation
Committee hearings afford Representatives an opportunity to gather information on, and draw attention to, legislation and issues within a committee's purview; conduct oversight of programs or agencies; and investigate allegations of wrongdoing. This report identifies many of the tasks that need to be performed by full committees and, in most cases, subcommittees in advance of a hearing. Some of these tasks are required by House or committee rules; others are common committee practice.
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Subcommittees in the House of Representatives
None
Date:
March 9, 2001
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Subcommittees: Assignment Process
This report addresses the subcommittee assignment process.
Date:
March 9, 2001
Creator:
Schneider, Judy
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Members of the U.S. Congress Who Have Died of Other Than Natural Causes While in Office
None
Date:
March 13, 2002
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Cloture: Its Effect on Senate Proceedings
Cloture is the only means by which the Senate can vote to limit debate on a matter, and thereby overcome a possible filibuster. Until 1949, cloture could not be invoked on nominations, and before 1980 this action was attempted only twice. From 1949 through 2002, cloture was sought on 35 nominations, and invoked on 21.
Date:
March 7, 2005
Creator:
Oleszek, Walter J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
"Sense of" Resolutions and Provisions
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 actions.
Date:
March 7, 2001
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
House Sergeant at Arms: Fact Sheet on Legislative and Administrative Duties
This report discusses the chief law enforcement officer of the House, the Sergeant at Arms, responsible for security in the House wing of the Capitol, the House office buildings, and on adjacent grounds.
Date:
March 22, 2002
Creator:
Tong, Lorraine H.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Amending Process in the Senate
This report summarizes many of the rules, precedents, and practices of the Senate affecting the consideration of amendments to measures on the floor. Much of the information presented here has been extracted from Riddick’s Senate Procedure (Senate Document 101-28) the published collection of Senate precedents.
Date:
March 17, 2003
Creator:
Palmer, Betsy & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order
Title III of the Congressional Budget Act (CBA) of 1974 (P.L. 93-344), as amended, establishes the points of order that are used to enforce congressional budget procedures and substantive provisions of a budget resolution. These points of order prohibit certain congressional actions and consideration of certain legislation.
Date:
March 5, 2001
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pairing in Congressional Voting: The House
None
Date:
March 8, 2001
Creator:
Sachs, Richard C.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Selected Statistics and Information Guide
This report provides current and historical information on the budget resolution. It provides a list of the budget resolutions adopted and rejected by Congress since implementation of the CBA, including the U.S. Statutes-at-Large citations and committee report numbers, and describes their formulation and content. The report provides a table of selected optional components, a list of reconciliation measures, and information on the number of years covered by budget resolutions. It also provides information on the consideration and adoption of budget resolutions, including an identification of the House special rules that provided for consideration of budget resolutions; the amendments in the nature of a substitute to the budget resolution considered in the House; the number and disposition of House and Senate amendments to budget resolutions; and dates of House and Senate action on budget resolutions.
Date:
March 5, 2003
Creator:
Heniff, Bill, Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
This report discusses major aspects of Senate procedure related to filibusters and cloture. The two, however, are not always as closely linked in practice as they are in popular conception. Even when opponents of a measure resort to extended debate or other tactics of delay, supporters may not decide to seek cloture (although this situation seems to have been more common in earlier decades than today). In recent times, conversely, the Senate leadership has increasingly utilized cloture as a routine tool to manage the flow of business, even in the absence of any apparent filibuster.
Date:
March 28, 2003
Creator:
Beth, Richard S. & Bach, Stanley
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Black Members of the United States Congress: 1870-2004
Thirty-nine black Members serve in the 107th Congress, all in the House of Representatives. In 210 years of congressional history, there have been 107 black Members of Congress: 103 elected to the House and four to the Senate. This report includes alphabetical listing of black members, selected biographical information, and committee assignments during their tenure in office.
Date:
March 4, 2004
Creator:
Amer, Mildred L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Committee Funding Resolutions and Processes, 107th Congress
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 unanimous consent.
Date:
March 30, 2001
Creator:
Rundquist, Paul S. & Petersen, R. Eric
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library