March 9, 2005

1
March 9, 2005

• Legislative Rules and Procedures,
• But lets finish with the Beretta Case
• And lets walk through the process from start to
  finish.
• Then go over Oleszek

2

• House Scheduling
• House Legislative Calendars
• Union, House, Private, Corrections (Consent)
  and Discharge
• Calendars of the House of Representatives and
  History of Legislation
• Suspension of the Rules
• Privileged Legislation
• Appropriations, Budget, House Administration,
  Rules, and Standards of Official Conduct
• Special Rules
• Open, Closed, and Modified
• Waiver Rules
• Creative Rules
• Structured, Self-Executing, King-of-the-Hill,
  Multiple-Stage
• GOP Innovations
• Queen-of-the-Hill, Time-Structured, Bifurcated
• Blocked Bills
• Discharge Petition, Extraction, Calendar
  Wednesday
• Whip Notice

3

• House Floor Procedure
• Adoption of the Rule
• Committee of the Whole
• Points of difference mace, presiding officer,
  quorum, amendments rule, previous question,
  recorded vote, motion to recommit
• General Debate
• Floor Manager
• Delaying Tactics
• Amending Process
• Five-Minute Rule
• Committee and Floor Amendments
• Riders
• Germaneness Rule
• Tests Fundamental Purpose, Subject Matter,
  Committee Jurisdiction
• Substitute Amendments
• Degrees of Amendments
• Motions to Recommit
• Final Action

4

• Senate Scheduling
• Flexible Scheduling
• Classifying Measures
• Calendar of General Orders all legislation
• Executive Calendar treaties and nominations
• Noncontrovertial Bills called by unanimous
  consent, enacted with no debate
• Majority Leader first recognition
• Major Legislation
• One-Day/Two-Day Rules
• Holds (Secret Holds)
• Unanimous Consent Agreements
• Types Simple and Complex
• Action Forcers
• Bargaining Chips
• Partisanship
• Track System

5

• Senate Floor Procedure
• Legislative Day versus Calendar Day
• Daily Order of Business
• Prayer, Pledge, Leaders
• Morning Hour and Morning Business
• Debate
• Floor Manager
• Bills Considered by Unanimous Consent
• Amending Process
• Unless UCA states otherwise, open to amendment
  at any point
• No general germaneness rule
• No 3rd degree amendments except by UC
• No debate limit
• Points of order at any time
• Members can modify or withdraw amendments
  before action taken
• Strategic Uses
• Filling the Amendment Tree
• Second-Degree Strategy

6

• Senate Bills Without UCA
• Filibuster
• Informal Compromise
• Cloture
• Circumventing Committees
• Nongermane Amendments
• Placing Measures on the Calendar
• Suspension of the Rules
• Discharge Petitions

7

• House/Senate Differences
• Agreement without Conference
• Same Bill or Ping-Pong Approach
• Conference Committee Process
• Requesting a Conference
• Selecting Conferees
• Bargaining
• Filing the Conference Report
• Floor Action on Conference Report