Motion to Recommit in the House : The Minority's Motion.

Describes current House procedures and minority party usage of the motion to recommit, a parliamentary device to return a piece of legislation to the legislative committee that reported it. Identifies motions to recommit with instructions offered during the 101st-109th Congresses, and notes their ou...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees. United States. > Congress > Rules and practice. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Describes current House procedures and minority party usage of the motion to recommit, a parliamentary device to return a piece of legislation to the legislative committee that reported it. Identifies motions to recommit with instructions offered during the 101st-109th Congresses, and notes their outcome.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.