Franking Privilege : Historical Development and Options for Change.

Reviews history of the franking privilege, which allows Members of Congress and other individuals to send official mail to their constituents at Government expense. Summarizes criticism, defense, and dimensions of the franking privilege; and considers options for future franking change.

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], 2007.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Congress > Rules and practice. United States. > Congress > Committees. Franking privilege. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Reviews history of the franking privilege, which allows Members of Congress and other individuals to send official mail to their constituents at Government expense. Summarizes criticism, defense, and dimensions of the franking privilege; and considers options for future franking change.
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.