Custom Training Information

Overview of the Legislative Process

• Why Congress behaves the way it does
• Differences between House and Senate procedures
• Politics and dynamics of Congress

Introduction and Referral of Legislation

• Where ideas for bills come from
• Drafting of legislation
• Introduction and obtaining cosponsors
• Referral of bills to committees
• Types of referrals

The Work of Committees: Hearings, Markups and Committee Reports

• Types of committees
• Membership of committees
• The work of subcommittees: hearings, markups
• Committee reports

How the Senate Schedules and Votes on Legislation

• Senate Calendars
• Scheduling procedures and the amendment process
• Unanimous consent time agreements; the "hold"
• Filibusters; cloture motions

How Legislation Gets to the House Floor and House Floor Procedures

• Rules Committee, open, closed, modified rules
• House Calendars
• Suspension of the rules
• House floor procedures and the amendment process
• Committee of the Whole

• Reconciling differences via amendments between the Houses
• Conference committee procedures and reports

Presidential Action

• Presidential action
• Veto override

Lunch and breaks scheduled as appropriate

All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.
 

Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF.

• Our public course

• 1/2 day for union - Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process

• 1/2 day for national association - Congressional Dynamics and the Legislative Process

• As part of 1-day program "Understanding Congress, the Legislative Process and Tracking Legislation" for multi-national corporation 

• 1-day with congressional budgeting session for federal agency - Dynamics of the Congress

• 1-day including Communicating Effectively with Congressional Staff session for federal agency - Dynamics of the New Congress and Communicating Effectively with Staff

• 1.5 day program with Grassroots Advocacy for national association - Understanding and Communicating Effectively with Congress

See our Sample Agendas page for more.

 

Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public course.
 

Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
 

"Perfect balance of basic historical background and complex procedural info. Strongly recommend."  Public Affairs Specialist, Office of Justice Programs

"Being in the military, I feel all persons who handle Congressional Correspondence should attend this conference.  Highly recommended." Workshop Attendee, Office of the Secretary of the Navy

"I have tried to learn this info by watching C-SPAN and reading an old Understanding Congress notebook, but this class is what I needed to bring it all together." 

"Very helpful seminar--useful for anyone trying to make sense of the US legislative process. Thanks!!"   Vice President of Public Affairs, WesCorp

"I now know what my bosses do for a living."   

"Outstanding speakers with impeccable knowledge and experience."

"Good background and useful printed material to use as a reference."

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Usually requires 1 day.  

This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States and in many foreign countries. 
 

If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, you can still train your staff at our public course.
 

TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives. 

The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose.

Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. 

We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.
 

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• Capitol Hill Workshop

• Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments

• How to Research and Compile Legislative Histories

• Performance-Based Budgeting

• Tracking and Monitoring Legislation

• Understanding Congress

• Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
   

• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Directory

• Congressional Documents Online

• Congressional Leadership and Committees (listing)

• Glossary of Congressional and Legislative Terms
   

• Phone: 703-739-3790

• Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net

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