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				U.S. Congress & Politics  Procedures   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2003 Legislative Summary: Continuity of Congress   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis 2003 Legislative Summary: Filibuster Rule   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis 2006 Legislative Summary: Lobbying Rules   Dec. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis 2011 Legislative Summary: House Rules Changes   Jan. 9, 2012 Legislative Analysis 2013 Legislative Summary: Senate Filibuster Rules   Jan. 6, 2014 Legislative Analysis 2018 Appropriations: Many Republicans Wary of Shutdown Threats   Oct. 30, 2017 Legislative Analysis 2018 Appropriations: Unified Control, Divided Priorities   Oct. 30, 2017 Legislative Analysis 21-Day Rule Repeal, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis 31-Day Rule for Bypassing the Rules Committee, 1971 Legislative Chronology   1971 Legislative Analysis A Bill By Any Other Name . . . May Become Law   Feb. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis A Landmark Change to Filibuster   Dec. 2, 2013 Legislative Analysis A Rare Honor and an Even Rarer Piece of Legislation   Feb. 4, 2019 Legislative Analysis As the House Opens Up Its Restaurant, Reviews Could Be Harsh   Oct. 21, 2019 Legislative Analysis Brown v. Glines: Brief Summary   Jan. 21, 1980 Case Summary Budget Panels' History: Some Success, Much Frustration   Jun. 11, 2018 Legislative Analysis Budget Reform Legislation of July 1974   Jul. 12, 1974 Primary Source Burke v. Barnes: Brief Summary   Jan. 14, 1987 Case Summary CBO Estimates of Costs to State, Local Government, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Centrists Strike Back In Senate   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis Challenge to House Unanimous Consent Procedure, 1972 Legislative Chronology   1972 Legislative Analysis Claiming Appropriations Chair A Bit Trickier on House Side   May 15, 2004 Legislative Analysis Clinton Impeached: Analysis   1998 Legislative Analysis Clinton Impeachment: Procedural Issues   1998 Legislative Analysis Closed Rule, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Coalition-Building Across the Partisan Aisle   Oct. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis Congress Declares War on Mass E-Mail Campaigns   Jun. 12, 2006 Legislative Analysis Congressional Committee Secrecy, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Congressional Committee Secrecy, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Congressional Committee Secrecy, 1971 Legislative Chronology   1971 Legislative Analysis Congressional Committee Secrecy, 1972 Legislative Chronology   1972 Legislative Analysis Congressional Gold Medal   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Congressional Veto, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Contingency Plans for Congress   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Corrections Office, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Debt Ceiling: In Whose Hands?   Jul. 18, 2011 Legislative Analysis Debt Plans Remain in Limbo   Jul. 18, 2011 Legislative Analysis Deconstructing the Judges Deal   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis Democrats Could Tie Paychecks to Testimony in Impeachment Inquiry   Oct. 21, 2019 Legislative Analysis Democrats' First 100 Hours: New Rules Will Test Promise to Run 'Most Ethical Congress in History'   Nov. 20, 2006 Legislative Analysis Earmarks Could Be Making a Quiet Comeback   Feb. 11, 2019 Legislative Analysis Enraged President Triggers an Epic Power Struggle With Congress   Apr. 29, 2019 Legislative Analysis Ethics Reorganization, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1989 Legislative Analysis Fall Agenda: Filibuster Rule Change   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis Fast Track Trade Authority, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Fast-Track Trade Authority, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis Federal Leaders on Changes to the Filibuster Rule   Nov. 21, 2013 Primary Source Filibuster Change Is First Step on Slippery Slope   Jan. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis Filibuster Change, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Filibuster Change   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Frist Has No Room To Move   May 16, 2005 Legislative Analysis Gang of 14 Keeps The Arbiter Role   May 15, 2006 Legislative Analysis Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority: Brief Summary   Feb. 19, 1985 Case Summary Ghost Voting by Members of Congress, 1993-1994   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Government in the Sunshine (Open Meetings), 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Government in the Sunshine, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Grass Roots Outgrown   Apr. 15, 2013 Legislative Analysis Hagel Pledges Full Audit of Pentagon   Feb. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Homeland Security Committees, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis House "Ghost" Voting, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis House Action Opens Floodgates for Other Priorities, Including Approps   May 8, 2017 Legislative Analysis House GOP Caucus Changes Rules, Protecting DeLay's Leadership Role   Nov. 20, 2004 Legislative Analysis House Offers Mixed Reviews For Committee Term Limits   Jun. 22, 2002 Legislative Analysis House Proxy Voting, 1975   1975 Legislative Analysis House Rules Change, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis House Rules Changes, 1974   1974 Legislative Analysis House Rules Changes, 1977   1977 Legislative Analysis House Rules Changes, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis House Stymied by Senate Rules   Apr. 19, 2010 Legislative Analysis House Voting Policy, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis House Voting Privileges, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis How to Resurrect Congress After a Debilitating Attack   Apr. 6, 2002 Legislative Analysis Hurricane Response Inquiries   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Ideological Fault Lines of Reopening Emerge   May 18, 2020 Legislative Analysis Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Chadha,U.S. House of Representatives v. INS, U.S. Senate v. INS: Rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court on the Legislative Veto. Justices W.E. Burger, B.R. White, L.F. Powell Jr.   Jun. 23, 1983 Primary Source Impeachment Threatens Historic Unproductivity in Congress   Sep. 30, 2019 Legislative Analysis Insider Trading Law Presents a Tech Challenge   Apr. 9, 2012 Legislative Analysis Key Senate Vote of 2013: Senate Filibuster Rules   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Lefkowitz v. Cunningham: Brief Summary   Jun. 13, 1977 Case Summary Limited Hill Staff Clearances Could Handicap Impeachment Probe   Oct. 7, 2019 Legislative Analysis Line Item Veto Proposal Has a Real Chance   Mar. 13, 2006 Legislative Analysis Looking for Room to Maneuver   Apr. 19, 2010 Legislative Analysis Maybe Congress Should Meet on the Moon   Jul. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis More Power to the Senate's Majority Leader?   Nov. 6, 2004 Legislative Analysis New House Majority May Change the Rules   Nov. 13, 2006 Legislative Analysis New House Rule to Curb Spending   May 9, 2005 Legislative Analysis Nixon v. United States: Opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court on Senate Impeachment Powers; Justices W. H. Rehnquist, B.R. White, D.H. Souter   Jan. 13, 1993 Primary Source Open Conference Meetings, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Open Meetings, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Parliamentary Toolbox Full of Options To Renovate Filibuster Rules   Jan. 10, 2005 Legislative Analysis Path Unclear for Problem Solvers' Consensus Calendar   Mar. 25, 2019 Legislative Analysis Pence Is Key to the First 100 Days   - Jan. 9, 2017 Legislative Analysis Phantom Voting, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Pledge of Allegiance, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Pocket Veto Issue, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Pocket-Veto Case Moot, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Pocket-Veto Power, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis President George Bush's Request for Formal Congressional Support of the United Nations (UN) Resolution to Use Force Against Iraq; Excerpts from Speeches in the Senate Debate; War Resolution Against Iraq Passed by Congress   Jan. 8, 1991 Primary Source Presidential Statement: Clinton's Remarks on Fast Track Trade Authority, 1997   Nov. 10, 1997 Primary Source Private Bills Are Rare, Tricky   Mar. 28, 2005 Legislative Analysis Proposed Constitutional Amendment Requiring a Supermajority Vote for Tax Increases, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Putting Off the Pain   Jan. 17, 2004 Legislative Analysis Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget v. Byrd: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1997 Case Summary Risks and Benefits in House Democrats' 'Inference' Plan   Oct. 7, 2019 Legislative Analysis School Funds Rescission, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Senate Cloture Rule, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Senate Cloture Rule, 1967 Legislative Chronology   1967 Legislative Analysis Senate Cloture Rule, 1969 Legislative Chronology   1969 Legislative Analysis Senate Cloture Rule, 1971 Legislative Chronology   1971 Legislative Analysis Senate Filibuster Rule, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Senate Filibuster Rule, 1977   1977 Legislative Analysis Senate Filibuster Rule, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Senate Goes Nuclear   Dec. 2, 2013 Legislative Analysis Senate GOP Debates Term Limits   Jun. 22, 2002 Legislative Analysis Senate GOP's Procedural Blockade Becomes a Matter of Precedent   Sep. 12, 2011 Legislative Analysis Senate Lights Go Down, Tempers Go Up   Nov. 7, 2005 Legislative Analysis Senate Open Meetings, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Senate Operations, 1977   1977 Legislative Analysis Senate Operations, 1978   1978 Legislative Analysis Senate Procedures, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Senate Races Against the Nuclear Clock on Judges   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis Shutdown Threat Looms Large in the Fall   Jul. 17, 2017 Legislative Analysis Social Security: Short-Term Progress, Long-Term Perils   Feb. 4, 2013 Legislative Analysis Special Report: Legislative Veto, 1981-1984 Overview   1981 - 1984 Legislative Analysis Stakes High for Both Sides in Fast-Moving Impeachment Inquiry   Sep. 30, 2019 Legislative Analysis Study of Senate Operations, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Swearing-In Ceremony for Vice President G. Ford, His Address in House of Representatives   Dec. 6, 1973 Primary Source The Budget Committees Are Not What They Used to Be   Jun. 11, 2018 Legislative Analysis The Earmark Drumbeat Grows Louder   Sep. 17, 2018 Legislative Analysis The Judges in the Balance   May 30, 2005 Legislative Analysis The Law of Rules   Jan. 13, 2014 Legislative Analysis The Senate's Lawyers Step Forward for Impeachment Trial   Jan. 21, 2020 Legislative Analysis The Senate's Point of No Return   May 23, 2005 Legislative Analysis The Trump Budget: Republicans Push Back on Domestic Cuts   Jun. 26, 2017 Legislative Analysis Thomas' Fast-Track Strategy Proves Tough Sell to GOP, Critical Democratic Supporters   Jun. 22, 2002 Legislative Analysis Turning the Magnifying Glass Around on the Ethics Panel   Oct. 16, 2006 Legislative Analysis Voting Rate Edges Higher   Jan. 12, 2002 Legislative Analysis Vying for the Line-Item Veto   Mar. 13, 2006 Legislative Analysis War Powers Act, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis General
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