Advanced Course Resources
Advanced Legislative Process
Agenda
(Zoom link Meeting ID: 955 1400 3386 Password: 561257)
Resources:
CRS Report – Considering Legislation on the House Floor
CRS Report – The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor
CRS Report – Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
CRS Report – Special Rules and Options for Regulating the Amending Process
June 27, 2022
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and Introduction
9:30 – 10:30 Documents in the Legislative Process
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 Floor Procedures in the House
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Floor Procedures in the Senate
14:00 – 14:15 Break
14:15 – 15:00 Committee Process Roundtable Discussion
15:00 – 16:00 (Prerecorded lecture) Legislative Counsel: Drafting Legislation
(Noah Wofsy, Deputy Legislative Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives)
Handout: Legislative Counsel Resources
June 28, 2022
9:00 – 10:00 The Role of the House Rules Committee
Handout: Example Rule for H.R. 3967
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:30 OMB’s Legislative Clearance Function
Resources: 1) Legislative Process (Administration’s Perspective)
2) Statement of Administration Policy p. 3
Statement of Administration Policy p. 4
Statement of Administration Policy p. 4a
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 13:30 The Unique Nature of the U.S. Senate
13:30 – 13:45 Break
13:45 – 14:45 Procedural Polarization
14:45 – 15:30 Wrap-up and Evaluation