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46 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure
2025-10-01 · Reports · RL31980 · HTML available · PDF available
Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the Senate
2025-08-29 · Reports · 98-306 · HTML available · PDF available
War Powers Resolution: Expedited Procedures in the House and Senate
2025-06-24 · Reports · R47603 · HTML available · PDF available
Recess Appointments: A Legal Overview
2025-03-19 · Resources · IF12946 · HTML available · PDF available
Introduction to the Legislative Process in the U.S. Congress
2025-03-10 · Reports · R42843 · HTML available · PDF available
Discharging a Senate Committee from Consideration of a Nomination
2025-02-20 · Resources · IF12915 · HTML available · PDF available
National Emergencies Act: Expedited Procedures in the House and Senate
2025-02-03 · Reports · R46567 · HTML available · PDF available
The First Day of a New Congress: A Guide to Proceedings on the Senate Floor
2024-12-19 · Reports · RS20722 · HTML available · PDF available
Legislation: Engrossment, Enrollment, and Presentation
2024-12-18 · Resources · IF12855 · HTML available · PDF available
Messages, Petitions, Communications, and Memorials to Congress
2024-12-18 · Resources · IF12854 · HTML available · PDF available
Motions to Proceed to Consider Measures in the Senate: Who Offers Them?
2024-10-03 · Reports · RS21255 · HTML available · PDF available
Senate Procedures to Confirm Nominees
2024-07-30 · Testimony · TE10106 · HTML available · PDF available
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress, 1935-2022 (74th-117th Congresses)
2024-07-29 · Reports · R45154 · HTML available · PDF available
From Bill to Law: Stages of the Legislative Process
2024-07-11 · Infographics · IG10005 · HTML available · PDF available
The Impeachment Process in the Senate
2024-02-15 · Reports · R46185 · HTML available · PDF available
Return of Nominations to the President Under Senate Rule XXXI
2023-12-15 · Reports · R46664 · HTML available · PDF available
S.Res. 444: Providing for En Bloc Consideration of Military Nominations
2023-11-09 · Posts · IN12276 · HTML available · PDF available
Holds on Nominations
2023-07-13 · Posts · IN12200 · HTML available · PDF available
Consideration of Privileged Nominations in the Senate
2023-01-23 · Reports · R46273 · HTML available · PDF available
How Unanimous Consent Agreements Regulate Senate Floor Action
2022-03-02 · Reports · RS20594 · HTML available
Rules and Practices Governing Consideration of Revenue Legislation in the House and Senate
2022-02-22 · Reports · R41408 · HTML available · PDF available
The Senate Powersharing Agreement of the 117th Congress (S.Res. 27)
2021-04-21 · Reports · R46769 · HTML available
Voting and Quorum Procedures in the Senate
2020-03-26 · Reports · 96-452 · HTML available · PDF available
Senate Floor Privileges: History and Current Practice
2020-03-05 · Reports · R46257 · HTML available · PDF available
How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction
2019-10-16 · Reports · RS20668 · HTML available · PDF available
Senate Rule XIV Procedure for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
2019-10-16 · Reports · RS22309 · HTML available · PDF available
The Legislative Process on the Senate Floor: An Introduction
2019-07-22 · Reports · 96-548 · HTML available · PDF available
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress Following a Majority-Changing Election: In Brief
2018-11-13 · Reports · R45402 · HTML available · PDF available
Guide to Individuals Seated on the Senate Dais
2018-11-05 · Reports · 98-397 · HTML available · PDF available
Filibusters and Cloture in the Senate
2017-04-07 · Reports · RL30360 · HTML available · PDF available
Sessions, Adjournments, and Recesses of Congress
2016-07-19 · Reports · R42977 · HTML available · PDF available
Flow of Business: A Typical Day on the Senate Floor
2015-09-16 · Reports · 98-865 · HTML available
The Amending Process in the Senate
2015-09-16 · Reports · 98-853 · HTML available
Procedures for Congressional Action in Relation to a Nuclear Agreement with Iran: In Brief
2015-09-11 · Reports · R44085 · HTML available · PDF available
Procedural Analysis of Private Laws Enacted: 1986-2015
2015-08-31 · Reports · RS22450 · HTML available
Expedited or “Fast-Track” Legislative Procedures
2015-08-31 · Reports · RS20234 · HTML available
Amendments in the Senate: Types and Forms
2015-08-25 · Reports · 98-614 · HTML available
Filling the Amendment Tree in the Senate
2015-08-14 · Reports · RS22854 · HTML available
“Fast Track” Legislative Procedures Governing Congressional Consideration of a Defense Base Closure and Realignment (BRAC) Commission Report
2015-08-05 · Reports · R43102 · HTML available
Secret Sessions of the House and Senate: Authority, Confidentiality, and Frequency
2014-12-30 · Reports · R42106 · HTML available
Majority Cloture for Nominations: Implications and the “Nuclear” Proceedings of November 21, 2013
2013-12-06 · Reports · R43331 · HTML available
Ordering a Roll Call Vote in the Senate
2013-09-09 · Reports · RS20199 · HTML available
Changes to Senate Procedures at the Start of the 113th Congress Affecting the Operation of Cloture (S.Res. 15 and S.Res. 16)
2013-03-19 · Reports · R42996 · HTML available
“First Day” Proceedings and Procedural Change in the Senate
2013-01-18 · Reports · R42928 · HTML available
Proposals to Change the Operation of Cloture in the Senate
2013-01-11 · Reports · R41342 · HTML available
Unanimous Consent Agreements Establishing a 60-Vote Threshold for Passage of Legislation in the Senate
2009-05-12 · Reports · RL34491 · HTML available