Senate Rules Changes in the 110th Congress Affecting Restrictions on the Content of Conference Reports.
Provides brief overview of what has been considered "out of scope" material under Senate rules and precedents, and reviews changes made by P.L. 110-81, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, to Senate restrictions on conference reports. Discusses definition of "new dir...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Series: | U.S. Congressional Research.
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| Summary: | Provides brief overview of what has been considered "out of scope" material under Senate rules and precedents, and reviews changes made by P.L. 110-81, the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, to Senate restrictions on conference reports. Discusses definition of "new directed spending provision," and describes disposition and waiving of points of order raised against conference reports containing "out of scope" material and "new directed spending provisions." Outlines procedural steps for disposing of these points of order when they are raised against conference reports. |
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| 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. |