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How Measures Are Brought to the Senate Floor: A Brief Introduction
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Reports · 3,005 words · PDF available
Two basic methods are used by the Senate to bring legislation to the floor for consideration: (1) The Senate, at the majority leader’s request, grants unanimous consent to take up a matter or (2) it a...
Protecting America: The Reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Testimony · 7,910 words
TRIA Terrorism Risk Insurance Terrorism Insurance TRIA reauthorization Terrorism Risk Insurance reauthorization Terrorism Insurance reauthorization
Senate Rule XIV Procedure for Placing Measures Directly on the Senate Calendar
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Reports · 1,448 words · PDF available
When a Senator introduces a bill or joint resolution, or a House-passed bill or joint resolution is received in the Senate from the House, the measure is often referred to committee pursuant to provis...
The House Calendar and Schedule: Evaluating Practices and Challenges
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Testimony · 4,054 words · PDF available
House scheduling, House calendar, daily meetings, floor activities
Congressional Budget Office: Appointment and Tenure of the Director and Deputy Director
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Reports · 3,486 words · PDF available
The requirements regarding the appointment and tenure of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) director are set forth in Section 201(a) of the 1974 Congressional Budget Act, as amended, and codified a...
“Sense of” Resolutions and Provisions
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Reports · 1,290 words · PDF available
One or both houses of Congress may formally express opinions about subjects of current national interest through freestanding simple or concurrent resolutions (called generically “sense of the House,”...
Expired and Expiring Tax Provisions (“Tax Extenders”): CRS Resources
Congressional Research Service · 2019-10-16 · Reports · 3,166 words · PDF available
Some Members of Congress have expressed interest in extending temporary tax provisions that expired at the end of 2017 and 2018, and possibly extending provisions scheduled to expire at the end of 201...