Words Taken Down : Unparliamentary Language in the House.

Presents a chronology of attempts to invoke and invocations of House of Representatives "words taken down" procedure used to call to order Members who use unparliamentary language during debate on the House floor, 1979-89. Also discusses current practice of the procedure, and historical ba...

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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], 1990.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress. > House. Chronology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Presents a chronology of attempts to invoke and invocations of House of Representatives "words taken down" procedure used to call to order Members who use unparliamentary language during debate on the House floor, 1979-89. Also discusses current practice of the procedure, and historical background.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed June 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.