Discharge Petition in the House of Representatives : Background and Statistics.

Traces changes in the discharge petition since its adoption in 1910, and the history of its use in the 61st-94th Congresses. Rule sets procedures for requesting discharge of a bill or resolution from committee for timely consideration.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1976.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Committees. United States. > Congress > Rules and practice. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Traces changes in the discharge petition since its adoption in 1910, and the history of its use in the 61st-94th Congresses. Rule sets procedures for requesting discharge of a bill or resolution from committee for timely consideration.
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.