Congressional Procedures
Intro -- CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES -- CONGRESSIONAL PROCEDURES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRINCIPLES OF HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE -- House Procedures Are Determined by Multiple Authorities -- Constitutional Rule-Making Authority of the House -- House Rules Are Generally Not Self-Enforcing -- The House Rarely Disregards Its Precedents -- The House Adheres to Many Informal Practices -- THE HOUSE MANUAL AND AUTHORITIES IT CONTAINS -- House Manual -- THE CONSTITUTION -- JEFFERSON'S MANUAL -- RULES OF THE HOUSE -- PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS OF STATUTE -- PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS IN BUDGET RESOLUTIONS -- OFFICIAL COMPILATIONS OF PRECEDENTS OF THE HOUSE -- HOUSE PRACTICE -- DESCHLER'S PRECEDENTS -- HINDS' AND CANNON'S PRECEDENTS -- PROCEDURE IN THE HOUSE -- CANNON'S PROCEDURE -- ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES -- SPEAKER'S POLICIES -- MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING COMMITTEE JURISDICTION -- RULES OF INTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE HOUSE -- COMMITTEE RULES OF PROCEDURE -- PARTY CAUCUS OR CONFERENCE RULES -- OTHER CONGRESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS ON PROCEDURE -- FLOOR PROCEDURES MANUAL -- HOW OUR LAWS ARE MADE -- ENACTMENT OF A LAW -- APPENDIX A. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES -- Official Reference Sources -- Publications of Committees and Offices of the House -- CRS Products -- APPENDIX B. HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH THE INTERNET -- Legislative Information System of the U.S. Congress (LIS) -- CRS Guides to Congressional Processes -- House Committee on Rules -- GPO Access -- Other Library of Congress Sites -- Other House of Representatives Sites -- Chapter 2 PARLIAMENTARY REFERENCE SOURCES: SENATE* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRINCIPLES OF SENATE PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE -- MULTIPLE SOURCES OF SENATE PROCEDURE.